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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






2. 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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3. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






4. What goes horizontal across a loom?






5. 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.






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






7. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






8. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






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






10. Used in water printing






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






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






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






14. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






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






16. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






23. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






24. The central area of a church






25. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






26. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






27. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






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






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






30. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






31. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






32. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






34. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






35. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






36. What color do two secondary colors make?






37. To make a quick sketch






38. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






39. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






41. A dominant idea or central theme






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






43. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






44. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






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






46. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






47. Gray made by mixing complements






48. Made out of Metal






49. 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






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