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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






2. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






3. Who made large portraits of friends?






4. Robert Smithson






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






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






7. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






8. Example of baroque architecture






9. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. rayons resistant to what?






25. Used in water printing






26. ...






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. AP on an art product means what






40. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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






42. 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.






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






44. Fix






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






46. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






48. 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






49. Most common oil in oil paints






50. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.