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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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1. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Islam art
Esquisse
2. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit
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3. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?
Romantic Era
Brushed used in oil painting
Ceramic glaze
The post - and - lintel system
4. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
Chiaroscuro
the golden section (architecture)
Monochrome printing
Charcoal pen
5. 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
Pointillism
Shade
Wedging
Tenebrism
6. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.
African masks
Ionic columns
Gouache
Degas and Cassett
7. To mount a white and black photo - use...
Rice paper
best resolution in a digital photo?
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Ceramic - Sgraffito
8. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware
rhythm
Wood and bronze
slip
Julio Gonzalez
9. ...
Charcoal pen
Tapestry
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
10. 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
Rodin
Motif
Tempera paint
Depth of Field
11. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Monochrome printing
Croquis
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
12. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
Rotunda
Scoring
Assemblage
Loom
13. Huge stones
megalith
Tenebrism
Another term used for buddhist temple
Neoclassical
14. Who said ' less is more'?
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
stain glass in a cathedral
dry - brushing
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
15. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?
Social Murals
the golden section (architecture)
Brown
Principle of Art
16. 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
vehicle
Describe the process of fresco
Van Der Zee
Baroque painting
17. What city had the first skyscraper?
Pop artists
Greenware
Julio Gonzalez
Home Insurance Building in NYC
18. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object
Parchment
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Mayan
19. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum
Carving Tools
Hardbrick
gouache
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
20. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
I.M. Pei
balance
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Fire clay
21. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
Forms of Charcoal
Tapestry
Van Der Zee
balance
22. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.
Stoneware properties
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Camera Obscura
Scoring
23. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?
Hagia Sophia
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Brown
Mississippian
24. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.
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25. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Islam art
Frottage
Chiaroscuro
26. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Ionic columns
Women artist of the 19th century
Grisaille
27. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
Depth of Field
Chiaroscuro
Scoring
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
28. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Stoneware properties
binder
Safety glasses
Principle of Art
29. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution
best resolution in a digital photo?
Mississippian
Safety glasses
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
30. Mexican murals painted in what theme?
Social Realism
Rabbit Skin Glue
Paint Extender
Depression art
31. 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.
Photorealism
Impasto
Hagia Sophia
Emphasis
32. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color
Thomas Gainsborough
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Dry Point
33. Robert Smithson
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Kinetic art
Ionic columns
Batik
34. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.
Esquisse
African Benin Sculputure
Dry Point
Printmaking Techniques
35. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque
Batik
Gouache
weft
Julio Gonzalez
36. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air
Doric columns
wedging the clay
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
intermediate colors
37. Fix
Equipment used in oil painting
I.M. Pei
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Used to protect pastel artwork
38. 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
intaglio
Michelangelo
Barabara Krugel
Julio Gonzalez
39. 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.
Julio Gonzalez
Another term used for buddhist temple
Parchment
Tempera paint
40. Monticello was build in what architectual style?
warp
Esquisse
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Neoclassical
41. 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
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Shade
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Appropriation Art
42. 3X 5300 pixels
Meyer Schapiro
megalith
Brushed used in oil painting
best resolution in a digital photo?
43. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
The Renaissance
Tessera
Lotus postition
Julio Gonzalez
44. 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.
gesso
Albert Durer
Paint Extender
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
45. Pagoda
Parchment
Linseed oil
Enameling
Another term used for buddhist temple
46. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
frisket
Rotunda
dry - brushing
Brushed used in oil painting
47. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans
Appropriation Art
Abstract Expressionist Artists
intaglio
Home Insurance Building in NYC
48. 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
Emphasis
intaglio
Rococo
Color field painting
49. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
Camera Obscura
Environmental Art
Cast concrete - modeling
A black line
50. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross
Color field painting artists
Tint
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Artists associated with Pointillism