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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






2. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






3. Made out of Metal






4. Woven wall hangings.






5. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






6. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






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






8. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






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






11. What city had the first skyscraper?






12. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






13. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






14. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






15. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






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






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






18. 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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19. Who made large portraits of friends?






20. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






21. 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






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






23. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






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






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






26. Continuous frieze






27. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






28. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






30. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






31. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






32. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






33. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






34. 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






35. Gouge and chisel






36. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






37. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






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






39. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






40. Air - dry unfired clay






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






42. 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.






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






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.






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






46. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






47. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






48. 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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49. To mount a white and black photo - use...






50. 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






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