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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






2. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






3. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






4. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






10. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






11. 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.






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






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






14. rayons resistant to what?






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






16. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






17. 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






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






19. The central area of a church






20. Most common oil in oil paints






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






22. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






24. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






26. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






27. Example of baroque architecture






28. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






29. Origin is Mayan






30. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






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






33. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






34. 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.






35. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






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






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






38. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






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






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






41. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






45. Woven wall hangings.






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






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






48. 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






49. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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