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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






3. 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






4. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






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






6. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






7. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






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






9. Origin is Mayan






10. A dominant idea or central theme






11. 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






12. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






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






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






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






16. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






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






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






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






21. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






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






23. 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






24. rayons resistant to what?






25. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






26. 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.






27. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






28. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






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






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






31. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






32. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






33. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






34. 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






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






36. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






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






40. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






41. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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






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






44. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






45. What is another work for low relief?






46. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object






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






48. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






49. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






50. What color do two secondary colors make?