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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






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






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






5. Most common oil in oil paints






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






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






8. What is another work for low relief?






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






10. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






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






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






14. Air - dry unfired clay






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






16. 3X 5300 pixels






17. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






18. Gray made by mixing complements






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






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






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






22. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






23. Gouge and chisel






24. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






32. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






33. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






34. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






35. Huge stones






36. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






37. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






38. Rene Magritte






39. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






41. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






42. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






44. 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.






45. rayons resistant to what?






46. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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47. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






49. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






50. Pagoda