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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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.






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






4. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






6. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






7. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






8. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






9. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






11. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






12. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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13. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






14. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






15. 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'.






16. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






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






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






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






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






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






22. Symmetrical balance

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






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






25. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






26. Robert Smithson






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






31. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






32. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






33. AP on an art product means what






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






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






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






37. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






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






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






40. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






41. Who said ' less is more'?






42. The central area of a church






43. Made out of Metal






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






45. What goes horizontal across a loom?






46. 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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47. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






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






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






50. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design