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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






7. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






8. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






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

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






12. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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13. rayons resistant to what?






14. Who made large portraits of friends?






15. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






16. Most common oil in oil paints






17. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






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






19. 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






20. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






21. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






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






23. Example of baroque architecture






24. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






25. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






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






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






28. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






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






34. To mount a white and black photo - use...






35. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






36. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






37. Robert Smithson






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






45. Gouge and chisel






46. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






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






49. To make a quick sketch






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