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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






2. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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






5. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






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






7. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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






9. Pagoda






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. A dominant idea or central theme






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






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






16. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






17. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






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






19. Gouge and chisel






20. 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).






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






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






23. 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.






24. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






27. What goes horizontal across a loom?






28. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






39. AP on an art product means what






40. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






41. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






44. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






45. 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






46. Huge stones






47. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






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






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






50. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical