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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
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1. Who made large portraits of friends?






2. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






3. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






4. Gray made by mixing complements






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






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






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






8. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






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






10. Used in water printing






11. Symmetrical balance

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12. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






13. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






14. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






15. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






16. AP on an art product means what






17. What goes horizontal across a loom?






18. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






19. 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.






20. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






21. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






22. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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

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






25. 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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26. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






27. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






28. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






29. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






30. The laying of paint thickly






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






32. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






33. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






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






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






36. 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).






37. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






38. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






39. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






41. 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.






42. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






44. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






45. 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






46. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






47. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






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






49. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






50. 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.