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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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fine-arts
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1. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.
Basquiat
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Armature
Rough paper
2. 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
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Rococo
Esquisse
the golden section (architecture)
3. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Jewelry tools
Social Murals
Shutter Speed
4. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Tempera paint
vehicle
Ceramic glaze
constructed the Spiral Jetty
5. 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.
Film Speed
Equipment used in oil painting
Isocephaly
aquatint
6. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Embroidery
Stoneware
Frida Kahlo
Chiaroscuro
7. 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.
dry - brushing
CMYK
Jewelry tools
Color field painting
8. AP on an art product means what
Stoneware
Equipment used in oil painting
Photogravure
Artist Proof
9. What type of paper would have a raised texture?
CMYK
Rough paper
Ceramic glaze
Color field painting
10. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam
Hagia Sophia
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Color field painting artists
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
11. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
Charcoal pen
warp
Kinetic art
Rotunda
12. 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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13. Pagoda
Color field painting artists
Depression era Artists
Trompe - l'oil
Another term used for buddhist temple
14. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Impasto
The post - and - lintel system
intaglio
15. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Pastel
Albert Durer
Ionic columns
Describe the process of fresco
16. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days
Brown
Carving Tools
William Blake
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
17. 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.
Islam art
Titan's key works
Depression era Artists
best resolution in a digital photo?
18. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
Facing forward and stiff
balance
gouache
intaglio
19. rayons resistant to what?
Rotunda
Water
Hagia Sophia
Gouache
20. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
frisket
I.M. Pei
Aperture
'fat over lean'
21. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
Depth of Field
Gel medium
weft
Wood and bronze
22. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?
Frida Kahlo
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Pumice
Georgian Style
23. Benin sculpture is in what medium?
Film Speed
Wood and bronze
Printmaking Techniques
Color field painting artists
24. 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
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Tenebrism
Design Elements
chromatic gray
25. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.
Batik
Depression art
Joseph Beuys
Elements of Art
26. A dominant idea or central theme
Rough paper
Shutter Speed
Mississippian
Motif
27. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
Depression era Artists
rhythm
Linear perspective
film speed
28. 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.
Basquiat
Yarn
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Photorealism
29. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?
Cement
The Renaissance
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Color field painting
30. Huge stones
Shade
Jewelry tools
Gel medium
megalith
31. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.
Hagia Sophia
Collage
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
32. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque
Gouache
Grisaille
film speed
Value
33. 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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34. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Georgian Style
Value
Sulfur
35. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
Islam art
A black line
'fat over lean'
Van Der Zee
36. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?
Ceramic glaze
William Blake
Carving Tools
Facing forward and stiff
37. Polystyrene -Polyurethane
Brushed used in oil painting
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Degas and Cassett
Tapestry
38. 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
Romanesque Cathedrals
Gothic Cathedrals
Chiaroscuro
Gel medium
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.
Facing forward and stiff
Aperture
Jewelry tools
Design Principles
40. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv
Parchment
Wood and bronze
Printmaking Techniques
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
41. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Describe the process of fresco
vehicle
Forms of Charcoal
value
42. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
Rococo
kinds of stones for stone carving
Adena Indian habitats
CMYK
43. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
CMYK
Julio Gonzalez
Wood and bronze
Frida Kahlo
44. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)
Designed the Barcelona chair
Gouache
Turpentine
Thomas Gainsborough
45. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Encaustic
Rotunda
gesso
46. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio
Monochrome printing
Rembrandt
Stoneware properties
Water
47. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space
Dome
Barabara Krugel
nave
Design Elements
48. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral
Romanesque
intermediate colors
Islam art
Gothic Cathedrals
49. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
Pumice
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Isocephaly
'fat over lean'
50. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
Wood and bronze
kinds of stones for stone carving
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Rabbit Skin Glue