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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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






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






4. 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'.






5. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






6. 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.






7. To make a quick sketch






8. What is another work for low relief?






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






10. Origin is Mayan






11. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






12. 3X 5300 pixels






13. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






14. Gray made by mixing complements






15. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






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






17. Huge stones






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






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






20. 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.






21. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






23. Air - dry unfired clay






24. Most common oil in oil paints






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






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






27. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






28. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






29. 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).






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






31. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






32. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






41. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






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






43. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






44. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






45. 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






46. Continuous frieze






47. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






48. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






50. Who made large portraits of friends?






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