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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






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






4. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






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






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






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






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






10. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






11. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






13. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






17. 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






18. The central area of a church






19. 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






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






21. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






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






23. Air - dry unfired clay






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






25. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






26. 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






27. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






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






29. 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






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






31. Robert Smithson






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






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






34. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






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






36. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






38. 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






39. Pagoda






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






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






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






43. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






44. To make a quick sketch






45. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






47. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






48. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






49. AP on an art product means what






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







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