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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






2. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






3. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






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






6. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






7. 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






8. 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'.






9. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






10. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






11. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






12. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






13. Made out of Metal






14. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






16. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






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






18. 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.






19. 3X 5300 pixels






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






21. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






22. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






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






24. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






25. 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






26. 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






27. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






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






29. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






30. 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.






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






32. ...






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






34. 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.






35. Gray made by mixing complements






36. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






37. 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






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






39. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






40. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






41. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






42. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






43. A dominant idea or central theme






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






45. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






46. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






47. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






49. Robert Smithson






50. 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.







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