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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






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






3. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






6. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






8. 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.






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






10. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






12. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






14. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






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

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16. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






17. 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






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19. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






20. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






22. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Huge stones






32. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






34. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






36. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






38. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






39. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






41. 3X 5300 pixels






42. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






43. Air - dry unfired clay






44. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






45. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






46. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






48. A dominant idea or central theme






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






50. Used in water printing