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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






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






3. 3X 5300 pixels






4. What color do two secondary colors make?






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

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6. 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






7. AP on an art product means what






8. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






15. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






16. Continuous frieze






17. Air - dry unfired clay






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






19. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






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






21. 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






22. ...






23. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






25. What goes horizontal across a loom?






26. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






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






28. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






29. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






31. 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'.






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






33. Gray made by mixing complements






34. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






35. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






36. Most common oil in oil paints






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






38. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






39. 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.






40. To make a quick sketch






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






42. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






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






45. Symmetrical balance

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






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






48. Used in water printing






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






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