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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






3. rayons resistant to what?






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






5. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






6. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






7. 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






8. Symmetrical balance

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9. 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.






10. Used in water printing






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






12. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






14. 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'.






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






16. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






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






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






19. Woven wall hangings.






20. 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).






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






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






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






29. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






30. What is another work for low relief?






31. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






32. Fix






33. 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






34. 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






35. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






37. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






38. Air - dry unfired clay






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






40. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






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






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






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






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






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






46. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






48. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






49. 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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50. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?







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