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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






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






3. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






4. 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






5. What color do two secondary colors make?






6. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






7. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






8. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






10. To make a quick sketch






11. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






12. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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13. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






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






15. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






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






17. Made out of Metal






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






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






20. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






23. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






24. 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






25. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






26. Example of baroque architecture






27. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






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






29. A dominant idea or central theme






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






31. Pagoda






32. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






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






34. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






35. AP on an art product means what






36. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






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






43. 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.






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






45. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






46. What is another work for low relief?






47. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






48. 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






49. 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.






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