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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






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






3. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






4. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






5. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






6. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






7. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






8. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






9. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






10. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






11. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






13. Who made large portraits of friends?






14. Pagoda






15. Gouge and chisel






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






17. 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'.






18. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






19. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






21. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






22. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






23. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






24. Woven wall hangings.






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






26. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






27. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






28. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






29. 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






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






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






32. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






33. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






41. Continuous frieze






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






43. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






44. 3X 5300 pixels






45. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






46. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






47. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






49. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






50. Gray made by mixing complements