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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






3. 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






4. Most common oil in oil paints






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






6. What color do two secondary colors make?






7. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






8. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






9. 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'.






10. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






12. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






13. ...






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






15. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






16. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






18. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






19. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






20. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






21. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






22. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






23. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






24. 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.






25. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






26. AP on an art product means what






27. Gray made by mixing complements






28. 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






29. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






30. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






31. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






32. 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






33. 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).






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






35. Symmetrical balance

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36. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






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






38. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






39. 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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40. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






41. The laying of paint thickly






42. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






43. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






44. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






45. What city had the first skyscraper?






46. 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.






47. What goes horizontal across a loom?






48. 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






49. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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