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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






2. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






3. 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






4. What color do two secondary colors make?






5. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






6. 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.






7. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






8. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






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






10. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






12. Rene Magritte






13. 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'.






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






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






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






17. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






19. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






21. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






22. Woven wall hangings.






23. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






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






25. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






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






27. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






29. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






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






32. Gray made by mixing complements






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






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






35. 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






36. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






37. 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






38. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






39. Pagoda






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






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






42. AP on an art product means what






43. What is another work for low relief?






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






45. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






46. A dominant idea or central theme






47. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






49. 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






50. Mexican murals painted in what theme?