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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






2. 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.






3. 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






4. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






5. 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'.






6. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






8. 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






9. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






10. A dominant idea or central theme






11. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






12. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






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






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






16. 3X 5300 pixels






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






18. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






19. Who said ' less is more'?






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






21. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






23. Rene Magritte






24. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






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






26. 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.






27. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






30. AP on an art product means what






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






32. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






33. Origin is Mayan






34. The laying of paint thickly






35. 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).






36. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






37. 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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38. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






39. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






40. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






42. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






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






44. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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45. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






47. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






49. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






50. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?