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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






2. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






3. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






4. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






5. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






6. 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.






7. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






8. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






9. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






10. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






11. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






12. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






13. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






14. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






15. The laying of paint thickly






16. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






17. rayons resistant to what?






18. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






19. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






20. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






21. A dominant idea or central theme






22. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






23. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






24. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






25. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






26. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






27. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






28. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






29. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






30. Who said ' less is more'?






31. What is another work for low relief?






32. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






33. ...






34. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






35. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






36. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






37. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






38. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






39. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






40. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






41. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






42. What color do two secondary colors make?






43. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






44. To make a quick sketch






45. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






46. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






47. Robert Smithson






48. 3X 5300 pixels






49. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






50. 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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