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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






3. To mount a white and black photo - use...






4. Symmetrical balance

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5. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






6. Rene Magritte






7. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






8. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






9. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






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






11. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






12. What color do two secondary colors make?






13. 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






14. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






15. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






17. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






18. 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.






19. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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

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






22. 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.






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






24. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






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






26. 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.






27. The central area of a church






28. 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






29. Robert Smithson






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






31. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






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






33. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






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






36. A dominant idea or central theme






37. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






40. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






41. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






42. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






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