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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






2. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






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






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






5. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






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






7. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






8. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






9. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






11. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






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






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






14. The laying of paint thickly






15. 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.






16. Pagoda






17. 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.






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






19. What is another work for low relief?






20. 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






21. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






22. Made out of Metal






23. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






25. 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.






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






27. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






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






31. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






32. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






33. 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).






34. Rene Magritte






35. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






36. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






37. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






38. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






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






41. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






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






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






44. Most common oil in oil paints






45. What goes horizontal across a loom?






46. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






49. What color do two secondary colors make?






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