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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid






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






3. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






4. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






6. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object






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






8. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






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






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






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






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






13. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






14. Origin is Mayan






15. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






16. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






17. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






19. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






20. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






21. 3X 5300 pixels






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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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25. Used in water printing






26. ...






27. 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.






28. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






29. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






36. 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






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






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






39. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






40. 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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41. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






42. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






43. 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.






44. To make a quick sketch






45. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






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






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






48. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






49. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






50. Relative darkness or lightness of a color