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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. 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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3. Rene Magritte






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






5. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






7. A dominant idea or central theme






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






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






10. 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






11. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






13. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






14. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






15. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






16. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






17. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






18. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






21. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






22. Gouge and chisel






23. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






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






30. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






31. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






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






33. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






35. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






37. Example of baroque architecture






38. 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






39. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






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






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






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






43. What goes horizontal across a loom?






44. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






46. 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






47. Fix






48. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






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






50. 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