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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






2. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






3. Continuous frieze






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






5. Pagoda






6. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






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






8. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






9. 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






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






11. To make a quick sketch






12. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






13. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






15. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






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






18. The laying of paint thickly






19. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






20. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






25. Woven wall hangings.






26. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






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






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

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






30. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






31. Fix






32. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






33. 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.






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






35. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






36. Rene Magritte






37. Most common oil in oil paints






38. 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






39. Used in water printing






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






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






42. 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.






43. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






45. 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.






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






47. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






48. rayons resistant to what?






49. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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