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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
Color field painting artists
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Paint Extender
Pastel
2. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.
Brown
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Women artist of the 19th century
scumbling
3. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.
African masks
film speed
Principle of Art
Color field painting
4. What is another work for low relief?
Ionic columns
Bas
megalith
Elements of Art
5. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
Dome
William Blake
Egg Tempera
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
6. 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.
Fire clay
scumbling
The Renaissance
Tempera paint
7. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Used to protect pastel artwork
Column of Trajan
Tapestry
8. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
Brown
Pastel
The Renaissance
balance
9. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.
Degas and Cassett
William Blake
Gel medium
Film Speed
10. 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
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
value
Frida Kahlo
Acrylic paint
11. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.
Embroidery
Another term used for buddhist temple
film speed
vehicle
12. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?
Van Der Zee
Armature
Brushed used in oil painting
slip
13. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Ceramic glaze
Motif
three point perspective
Barabara Krugel
14. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein
Romantic Era
Albert Durer
Pop artists
warp
15. Origin is Mayan
Hardbrick
Water
warp
Stepped Pyramid Temples
16. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?
Social Murals
Armature
Stoneware
Cement
17. 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.
Islam art
megalith
Design Principles
Stoneware
18. 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
CMYK
Tapestry
The post - and - lintel system
Michelangelo
19. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge
Romanesque Cathedrals
Paint Extender
Frida Kahlo
The post - and - lintel system
20. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric
Rembrandt
Shutter Speed
Motif
aquatint
21. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy
Enameling
Thomas Gainsborough
Paint Extender
Photorealism
22. 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.
Aperture
'fat over lean'
Pop artists
kinds of stones for stone carving
23. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork
Rembrandt
vehicle
intermediate colors
Emphasis
24. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.
scumbling
Trompe - l'oil
David Hockney
Doric columns
25. Used in water printing
Dome
Frottage
Acrylic paint
Artists associated with Pointillism
26. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
aquatint
Depression era Artists
Impasto
Batik
27. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
A black line
Titan's key works
Gouache
Yarn
28. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?
Facing forward and stiff
Emphasis
Pop artists
gesso
29. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.
Crenellation
Shade
Carving Tools
slip
30. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?
Sulfur
Enameling
Michelangelo
Tint
31. Continuous frieze
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Dry Point
Baroque painting
Column of Trajan
32. 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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33. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society
Women artist of the 19th century
Japanese art and buildings
Monochrome printing
African masks
34. What color do two secondary colors make?
Brown
stain glass in a cathedral
Sulfur
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
35. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
three point perspective
Assemblage
Grisaille
Brushed used in oil painting
36. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended
intermediate colors
Motif
binder
Neoclassical
37. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels
Forms of Charcoal
Jewelry tools
Brown
Design Elements
38. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.
Kinetic art
Cast concrete - modeling
The Renaissance
Linear perspective
39. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Crenellation
Safety glasses
Acrylic paint
40. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.
CMYK
African masks
Romanesque Cathedrals
film speed
41. To make a quick sketch
Depression art
Crenellation
Croquis
Egg Tempera
42. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.
stain glass in a cathedral
Shade
Brushed used in oil painting
Shutter Speed
43. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint
gouache
Designed the Barcelona chair
gesso
Impasto
44. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet
Basic Elements of Sculpture
intermediate colors
Rembrandt
stain glass in a cathedral
45. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?
Depression art
Gouache
Japanese art and buildings
Wood and bronze
46. 3X 5300 pixels
best resolution in a digital photo?
Paint Extender
Collage
Home Insurance Building in NYC
47. Symmetrical balance
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48. Example of baroque architecture
Romanesque
Palace of Versaille
Assemblage
Wood and bronze
49. 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.
Dagyuerrotype
Printmaking Techniques
Crenellation
balance
50. AP on an art product means what
Egg Tempera
Artist Proof
the golden section (architecture)
Trompe - l'oil