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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






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3. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






5. The central area of a church






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






7. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






9. Air - dry unfired clay






10. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






11. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






12. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






17. Woven wall hangings.






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






19. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






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






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






22. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






31. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






32. Who made large portraits of friends?






33. 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






34. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






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






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






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






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






39. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






40. 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






41. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






42. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






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






44. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






46. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






50. Gray made by mixing complements