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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.
Wedging
Croquis
Social Realism
David Hockney
2. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven
Photorealism
weft
Embroidery
Used to protect pastel artwork
3. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
Julio Gonzalez
I.M. Pei
kinds of stones for stone carving
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
4. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork
scumbling
Emphasis
Embroidery
best resolution in a digital photo?
5. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?
Design Elements
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Sulfur
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
6. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.
Bas
stain glass in a cathedral
Tenebrism
African masks
7. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
Egg Tempera
Rotunda
Palace of Versaille
Depth of Field
8. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.
William Blake
Depression art
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Parchment
9. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans
megalith
Paint Extender
Appropriation Art
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
10. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Paint Extender
Rough paper
Scoring
11. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended
Dry Point
vehicle
Used to protect pastel artwork
binder
12. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?
Tapestry
Julio Gonzalez
Mississippian
Degas and Cassett
13. ...
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
African masks
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Isocephaly
14. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.
Shutter Speed
stain glass in a cathedral
Scoring
Collage
15. The laying of paint thickly
Color field painting artists
Sfumato
gesso
Impasto
16. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall
Water
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Croquis
Romanesque Cathedrals
17. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.
Color field painting artists
Julio Gonzalez
Albert Durer
Georgian Style
18. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.
Islam art
Depth of Field
best resolution in a digital photo?
analogous Colors
19. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
A black line
Rotunda
Designed the Barcelona chair
Van Der Zee
20. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby
Thomas Gainsborough
Ionic columns
Lotus postition
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
21. What goes horizontal across a loom?
Yarn
Shutter Speed
Artist Proof
Rodin
22. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
Design Principles
value
Romanesque
Armature
23. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?
intermediate colors
Cement
Environmental Art
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
24. Mexican murals painted in what theme?
Social Realism
Mississippian
Emphasis
Gouache
25. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels
A black line
Batik
Frottage
Jewelry tools
26. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
Photorealism
I.M. Pei
Charcoal pen
Cast concrete - modeling
27. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?
Cast concrete - modeling
CMYK
Tempera paint
Parchment
28. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per
Rembrandt
Brushed used in oil painting
Baroque painting
Gouache
29. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
Romantic Era
Adena Indian habitats
Tapestry
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
30. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.
balance
Brushed used in oil painting
Tenebrism
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
31. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color
Thomas Gainsborough
Bas
modeling
Basic Elements of Sculpture
32. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?
African masks
Romantic Era
Gel medium
value
33. Woven wall hangings.
Column of Trajan
Romantic Era
Tapestry
Motif
34. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba
Rodin
Camera Obscura
Pointillism
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
35. Gray made by mixing complements
Social Realism
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
chromatic gray
Stoneware properties
36. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Cast concrete - modeling
Gel medium
37. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR
Rococo
Tint
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Monochrome printing
38. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.
Pointillism
Ionic columns
Lotus postition
Used to protect pastel artwork
39. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Stoneware
Basquiat
Linseed oil
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
40. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.
Depression art
Frottage
stain glass in a cathedral
Jewelry tools
41. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the
the golden section (architecture)
Degas and Cassett
Basquiat
CMYK
42. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
three point perspective
Artist Proof
Gel medium
Principle of Art
43. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Batik
megalith
Barabara Krugel
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
44. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.
Trompe - l'oil
Design Principles
CMYK
Designed the Barcelona chair
45. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.
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46. Gouge and chisel
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Carving Tools
Tessera
William Blake
47. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint
Carving Tools
Home Insurance Building in NYC
gesso
Environmental Art
48. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i
Brushed used in oil painting
Color field painting
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Rough paper
49. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral
Depression era Artists
Aperture
nave
Gothic Cathedrals
50. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?
Design Elements
Aperture
Pumice
balance