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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






2. Pagoda






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






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






5. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






6. Who said ' less is more'?






7. 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






8. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






9. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






10. 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






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






12. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






14. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






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






17. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






18. Gray made by mixing complements






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






20. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






21. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






22. To mount a white and black photo - use...






23. 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.






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






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






26. To make a quick sketch






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






28. 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






29. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






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






31. 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.






32. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






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






34. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






35. Huge stones






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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