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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






3. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino


4. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






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






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






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






8. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






9. Rene Magritte






10. ...






11. 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






12. AP on an art product means what






13. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






14. Woven wall hangings.






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






16. Used in water printing






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






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






19. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






20. Pagoda






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 3X 5300 pixels






24. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






25. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






26. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






27. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






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






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






30. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






31. Air - dry unfired clay






32. 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).






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






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






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






36. rayons resistant to what?






37. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






38. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






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






41. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






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






43. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






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






45. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






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






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






48. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






50. 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.