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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Pagoda






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






3. 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'.






4. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






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






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






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






9. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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






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






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






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






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. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






16. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






17. 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).






18. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






19. Origin is Mayan






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






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






23. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






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






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






26. Air - dry unfired clay






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






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






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






30. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






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






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






33. 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.






34. Used in water printing






35. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






36. Who made large portraits of friends?






37. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






39. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






40. The central area of a church






41. 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






42. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






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






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






45. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






47. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






49. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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







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