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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






2. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






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






4. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






6. The central area of a church






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






8. What color do two secondary colors make?






9. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






10. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






12. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






13. 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.






14. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






16. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






17. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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






22. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






23. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






25. rayons resistant to what?






26. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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27. To make a quick sketch






28. Made out of Metal






29. 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.






30. 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






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






32. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






34. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






35. Woven wall hangings.






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






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






38. AP on an art product means what






39. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






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






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






42. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






43. Gray made by mixing complements






44. 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






45. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






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






49. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






50. Rene Magritte