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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






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






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






4. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






5. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






6. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






8. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






10. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






11. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






12. Most common oil in oil paints






13. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






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






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






16. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






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






18. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






19. 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






20. The laying of paint thickly






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






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






23. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






24. 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.






25. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






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






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






29. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






37. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






38. 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






39. rayons resistant to what?






40. Fix






41. 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






42. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






43. ...






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






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






46. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






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






48. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






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