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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






2. 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).






3. The central area of a church






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






5. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






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






8. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






10. The laying of paint thickly






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






12. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






13. Pagoda






14. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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15. 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.






16. Gouge and chisel






17. rayons resistant to what?






18. Robert Smithson






19. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






20. AP on an art product means what






21. ...






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






23. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






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






25. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






27. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






29. 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






30. What goes horizontal across a loom?






31. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






37. Who said ' less is more'?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






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






48. 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






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






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







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