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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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'.






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






3. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






4. 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.






5. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






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






7. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






8. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






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






10. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






11. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






13. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






18. What is another work for low relief?






19. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






20. Most common oil in oil paints






21. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






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






23. 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






24. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






25. To make a quick sketch






26. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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27. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






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. 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.






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






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






32. Rene Magritte






33. 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.






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






35. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






36. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






37. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






38. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






39. Gouge and chisel






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






41. Huge stones






42. Woven wall hangings.






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






44. AP on an art product means what






45. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






46. Who made large portraits of friends?






47. The laying of paint thickly






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






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






50. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy