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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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1. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint
gesso
Croquis
Dome
Describe the process of fresco
2. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
The Renaissance
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
nave
Michelangelo
3. Woven wall hangings.
Principle of Art
Facing forward and stiff
Wood and bronze
Tapestry
4. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Wood and bronze
gouache
Describe the process of fresco
Rabbit Skin Glue
5. Who said ' less is more'?
Lotus postition
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Islam art
Pop artists
6. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?
Motif
Batik
African masks
Crenellation
7. To mount a white and black photo - use...
Aperture
Rice paper
Photogravure
Turpentine
8. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Principle of Art
kinds of stones for stone carving
Home Insurance Building in NYC
intermediate colors
9. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
Lotus postition
Tessera
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Rice paper
10. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.
Armature
Rabbit Skin Glue
Palace of Versaille
Basic Elements of Sculpture
11. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
Tint
frisket
Esquisse
Collage
12. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?
Encaustic
Equipment used in oil painting
Palace of Versaille
Lotus postition
13. 3X 5300 pixels
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Design Elements
Crenellation
best resolution in a digital photo?
14. Rene Magritte
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Shade
Gothic Cathedrals
15. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
Basquiat
Scoring
Romantic Era
Julio Gonzalez
16. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.
Julio Gonzalez
Tenebrism
balance
Crenellation
17. The laying of paint thickly
Design Elements
Impasto
Camera Obscura
Color field painting
18. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Tempera paint
Rice paper
Linear perspective
Corinthian columns
19. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
Hagia Sophia
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Esquisse
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
20. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.
Film Speed
Dry Point
Rice paper
CMYK
21. 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
Design Elements
Color field painting
value
William Blake
22. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Aperture
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Embroidery
Environmental Art
23. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?
Thomas Gainsborough
Sulfur
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Describe the process of fresco
24. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Chiaroscuro
Pastel
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Barabara Krugel
25. Monticello was build in what architectual style?
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Neoclassical
Shutter Speed
Principle of Art
26. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy
Principle of Art
Georgian Style
Thomas Gainsborough
Column of Trajan
27. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?
analogous Colors
Fire clay
Principle of Art
Safety glasses
28. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?
Greenware
modeling
Facing forward and stiff
Motif
29. Paint thinner and brush cleaner
African Benin Sculputure
Turpentine
Joseph Beuys
Islam art
30. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?
intaglio
Monochrome printing
Frottage
Mississippian
31. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh
Depression era Artists
warp
Esquisse
Tenebrism
32. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical
Palace of Versaille
Rococo
Rice paper
Romanesque
33. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax
Batik
Rabbit Skin Glue
The post - and - lintel system
Gel medium
34. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?
A black line
scumbling
Monochrome printing
Brushed used in oil painting
35. ...
Dome
Design Principles
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
scumbling
36. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
nave
Women artist of the 19th century
intaglio
Tenebrism
37. 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.
Tapestry
Film Speed
Turpentine
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
38. 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
aquatint
Frida Kahlo
Photorealism
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
39. A dominant idea or central theme
Romanesque Cathedrals
Crenellation
Motif
Croquis
40. What color do two secondary colors make?
Brown
Wood and bronze
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Camera Obscura
41. 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.
Embroidery
Color field painting artists
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Emphasis
42. 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).
Design Principles
Hardbrick
CMYK
Depression era Artists
43. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
Frottage
Degas and Cassett
Depression era Artists
Mayan
44. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Social Murals
Stoneware
kinds of stones for stone carving
Rice paper
45. Continuous frieze
Column of Trajan
intermediate colors
Frida Kahlo
Ceramic - Sgraffito
46. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel
analogous Colors
Social Realism
Palace of Versaille
Rococo
47. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral
Gothic Cathedrals
kinds of stones for stone carving
Rotunda
Gel medium
48. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare
Neoclassical
David Hockney
Joseph Beuys
Armature
49. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Design Principles
Ceramic glaze
Rodin
Camera Obscura
50. What type of paper would have a raised texture?
Environmental Art
Paint Extender
Rough paper
Stepped Pyramid Temples