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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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1. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Baroque painting
Ceramic glaze
Romantic Era
Brushed used in oil painting
2. 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
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
kinds of stones for stone carving
Enameling
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
3. Huge stones
Stoneware
megalith
analogous Colors
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
4. 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
Dome
Romanesque
scumbling
Principle of Art
5. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit
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6. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object
Gel medium
The post - and - lintel system
Paint Extender
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
7. Made out of Metal
Aperture
Embroidery
intermediate colors
African Benin Sculputure
8. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
vehicle
Equipment used in oil painting
Adena Indian habitats
Collage
9. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.
Cast concrete - modeling
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Brushed used in oil painting
Ionic columns
10. 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
Tenebrism
Bas
Social Murals
11. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?
Gothic Cathedrals
Safety glasses
Pop artists
Photorealism
12. Most common oil in oil paints
Lotus postition
Mayan
Linseed oil
Charcoal pen
13. Used in water printing
Grisaille
Acrylic paint
Tapestry
Social Murals
14. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.
Scoring
Brushed used in oil painting
Value
Gouache
15. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?
Barabara Krugel
Titan's key works
Collage
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
16. 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
Kinetic art
Tempera paint
Pastel
Romanesque Cathedrals
17. Gouge and chisel
the golden section (architecture)
Color field painting
Carving Tools
Wedging
18. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.
Kinetic art
David Hockney
Brushed used in oil painting
Encaustic
19. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.
wedging the clay
rhythm
Crenellation
constructed the Spiral Jetty
20. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
wedging the clay
Tapestry
Motif
21. Robert Smithson
nave
Croquis
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Carving Tools
22. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.
Embroidery
Basquiat
Armature
Depression art
23. Origin is Mayan
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Design Principles
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
24. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
Film Speed
Gel medium
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Linseed oil
25. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Environmental Art
Artists associated with Pointillism
Palace of Versaille
vehicle
26. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
Value
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
William Blake
27. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Isocephaly
Hagia Sophia
Encaustic
28. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware
Dagyuerrotype
Hagia Sophia
slip
Grisaille
29. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Rococo
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Gothic Cathedrals
Principle of Art
30. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?
Fire clay
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Neoclassical
Social Murals
31. Woven wall hangings.
Shade
Tapestry
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Forms of Charcoal
32. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?
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33. To make a quick sketch
Artists associated with Pointillism
Photogravure
Column of Trajan
Croquis
34. Gray made by mixing complements
chromatic gray
Rabbit Skin Glue
Armature
Barabara Krugel
35. Who made large portraits of friends?
David Hockney
Paint Extender
Corinthian columns
Depression art
36. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world
Environmental Art
CMYK
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Michelangelo
37. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
intermediate colors
Dome
Wedging
Column of Trajan
38. What is another work for low relief?
A black line
Bas
Aperture
CMYK
39. Paint thinner and brush cleaner
Aperture
Turpentine
Neoclassical
Titan's key works
40. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)
Assemblage
Rabbit Skin Glue
Enameling
Safety glasses
41. The laying of paint thickly
Impasto
Romanesque Cathedrals
Brushed used in oil painting
Another term used for buddhist temple
42. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston
Romanesque Cathedrals
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Photorealism
balance
43. 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
Artists associated with Pointillism
Scoring
Design Elements
44. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
Charcoal pen
Croquis
Grisaille
Palace of Versaille
45. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
Hagia Sophia
Chiaroscuro
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Van Der Zee
46. 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'.
Rabbit Skin Glue
Artist Proof
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Batik
47. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?
Rough paper
Brown
Japanese art and buildings
Pumice
48. The central area of a church
nave
Scoring
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Chiaroscuro
49. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
Color field painting
Emphasis
A black line
Kinetic art
50. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.
Doric columns
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Barabara Krugel
Pointillism