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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






2. Who said ' less is more'?






3. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






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






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






6. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






7. Huge stones






8. rayons resistant to what?






9. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






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






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






12. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






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






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






16. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino


17. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






19. Fix






20. 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.






21. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






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






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






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






26. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






27. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






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






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






30. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






31. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. The laying of paint thickly






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






38. 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






39. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






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






41. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






42. A dominant idea or central theme






43. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






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






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






48. Used in water printing






49. What is another work for low relief?






50. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.