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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






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






3. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






4. rayons resistant to what?






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






7. The central area of a church






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






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






10. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






17. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






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






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






20. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






22. 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.






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






24. Origin is Mayan






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






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






27. 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.






28. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






29. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






30. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






31. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






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






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






34. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






35. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






36. Symmetrical balance

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






38. Example of baroque architecture






39. 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






40. 3X 5300 pixels






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






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






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






44. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






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






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






47. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






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






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






50. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?