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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






2. 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.






3. Robert Smithson






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






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






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






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






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






9. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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






11. 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.






12. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






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






14. Who made large portraits of friends?






15. 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






16. Rene Magritte






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






25. What is another work for low relief?






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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

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32. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






33. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






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






36. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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






39. rayons resistant to what?






40. A dominant idea or central theme






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






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






43. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






44. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






45. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






46. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






48. 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






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






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







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