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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






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






3. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






4. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






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






7. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






9. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






19. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






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






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






23. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






24. rayons resistant to what?






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






26. Origin is Mayan






27. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






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






30. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






31. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






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






33. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






34. Rene Magritte






35. Huge stones






36. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






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






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






39. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






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






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






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






44. 3X 5300 pixels






45. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






46. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






47. Used in water printing






48. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






50. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)