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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






2. 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






3. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






4. 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.






5. 3X 5300 pixels






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






7. rayons resistant to what?






8. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






9. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






10. Gouge and chisel






11. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






12. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






13. Most common oil in oil paints






14. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






15. 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






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






17. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






18. 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.






19. Huge stones






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






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






22. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






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






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






25. Continuous frieze






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






33. A dominant idea or central theme






34. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






36. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






38. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






39. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






42. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






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






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






45. 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






46. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






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






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






49. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






50. 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.