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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






2. Pagoda






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






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






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






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






7. To make a quick sketch






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






9. 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






10. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






11. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






12. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






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






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






15. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






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






18. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






26. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






27. Who made large portraits of friends?






28. What goes horizontal across a loom?






29. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






31. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






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






33. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






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






35. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






36. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






37. Gray made by mixing complements






38. Woven wall hangings.






39. Symmetrical balance

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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. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






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






44. Air - dry unfired clay






45. 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.






46. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






49. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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