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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






2. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






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






4. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






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






6. 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






7. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






8. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






9. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






11. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






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






13. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






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






16. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






17. 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.






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






20. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






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






24. What goes horizontal across a loom?






25. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






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






27. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






29. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






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






31. rayons resistant to what?






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






33. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






34. ...






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






36. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






37. Rene Magritte






38. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






39. 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






40. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






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






42. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






45. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






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






48. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






49. Pagoda






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