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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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






3. 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






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






5. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






6. 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






7. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






9. rayons resistant to what?






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






11. What city had the first skyscraper?






12. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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






14. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






15. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






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






21. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






22. 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.






23. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






31. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






32. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






33. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






34. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






35. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






36. Made out of Metal






37. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






39. 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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40. Who said ' less is more'?






41. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






43. Gray made by mixing complements






44. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






45. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






46. Fix






47. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






48. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






49. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






50. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?