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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






2. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






3. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






4. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






5. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






6. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






7. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






8. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






9. The central area of a church






10. To make a quick sketch






11. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






12. 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






13. Air - dry unfired clay






14. Gray made by mixing complements






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






16. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






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






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






20. Fix






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






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. 3X 5300 pixels






24. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






25. 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






26. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






27. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object






28. To mount a white and black photo - use...






29. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






30. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






31. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






33. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






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






35. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






36. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






37. Pagoda






38. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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39. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






40. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






41. What goes horizontal across a loom?






42. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






43. ...






44. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






45. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






46. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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47. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






48. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






49. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






50. 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