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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






2. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






3. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






4. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






5. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






6. rayons resistant to what?






7. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






8. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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9. 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






10. Used in water printing






11. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






12. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






13. What goes horizontal across a loom?






14. A dominant idea or central theme






15. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






17. 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.






18. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






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






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






21. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






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






24. AP on an art product means what






25. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






26. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






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






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






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






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






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






32. Who said ' less is more'?






33. Who made large portraits of friends?






34. 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






35. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. Example of baroque architecture






40. 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






41. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






42. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






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






44. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






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






47. 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.






48. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






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