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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






3. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






4. To mount a white and black photo - use...






5. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






6. 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






7. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






8. 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






9. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






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






12. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






13. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






14. 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).






15. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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16. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






18. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






19. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






21. 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






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






23. To make a quick sketch






24. The laying of paint thickly






25. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






26. 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






27. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






28. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






29. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






30. 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.






31. 3X 5300 pixels






32. A dominant idea or central theme






33. Example of baroque architecture






34. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






35. AP on an art product means what






36. Rene Magritte






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






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






39. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






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






41. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






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






43. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






44. 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






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






46. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






47. What color do two secondary colors make?






48. What is another work for low relief?






49. 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






50. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?