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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






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






3. Gouge and chisel






4. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






6. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






7. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






8. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






10. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






11. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






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

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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






20. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






21. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






22. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






23. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






24. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






26. 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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27. Who made large portraits of friends?






28. Continuous frieze






29. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






30. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






32. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






34. 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'.






35. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






36. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






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






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






39. Gray made by mixing complements






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






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






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






44. Woven wall hangings.






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






46. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






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






48. Huge stones






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






50. Mexican murals painted in what theme?