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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






9. Woven wall hangings.






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






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






12. AP on an art product means what






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






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






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






16. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






17. Symmetrical balance

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18. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






19. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






20. Who said ' less is more'?






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






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






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






24. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






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






27. 3X 5300 pixels






28. 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






29. The central area of a church






30. 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.






31. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






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






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






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






35. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






36. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






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






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






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






40. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






41. 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






42. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






43. 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






44. Continuous frieze






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






46. 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).






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






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






49. Pagoda






50. Who made large portraits of friends?