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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






10. What is another work for low relief?






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






12. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






13. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






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






15. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






16. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






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






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






20. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






21. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






22. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






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






24. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






25. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






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






28. 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






29. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






30. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






32. 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






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






34. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






35. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






36. Huge stones






37. 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'.






38. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






40. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






42. Pagoda






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






50. Mexican murals painted in what theme?