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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






3. 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






4. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






5. 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).






6. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






7. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






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






9. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






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






11. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






13. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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14. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






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






16. 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






17. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






19. 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'.






20. AP on an art product means what






21. 3X 5300 pixels






22. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






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






25. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






26. Rene Magritte






27. ...






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






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






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






31. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






33. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






34. rayons resistant to what?






35. 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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36. 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






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






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






39. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






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






42. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






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






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






46. A dominant idea or central theme






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






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






49. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






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