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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Polystyrene -Polyurethane
Stoneware
stain glass in a cathedral
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Camera Obscura
2. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.
binder
Describe the process of fresco
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
stain glass in a cathedral
3. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
weft
Tenebrism
Wood and bronze
Charcoal pen
4. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
Dome
Assemblage
Cement
Shade
5. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.
Japanese art and buildings
Armature
Shade
Stepped Pyramid Temples
6. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?
Describe the process of fresco
The post - and - lintel system
Bas
Van Der Zee
7. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Doric columns
Linear perspective
megalith
film speed
8. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.
Women artist of the 19th century
Mayan
Depression art
Fire clay
9. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
Sulfur
frisket
Brushed used in oil painting
'fat over lean'
10. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.
intaglio
Fire clay
binder
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
11. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.
warp
Elements of Art
Neoclassical
Column of Trajan
12. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.
film speed
rhythm
Romanesque
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
13. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?
Pumice
value
weft
Pointillism
14. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
Paint Extender
Mayan
slip
Known Rodin prints
15. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
Neoclassical
Paint Extender
William Blake
Dagyuerrotype
16. ...
Mississippian
Corinthian columns
Used to protect pastel artwork
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
17. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.
Croquis
Printmaking Techniques
value
Sfumato
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.
Neoclassical
frisket
African Benin Sculputure
Islam art
19. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Esquisse
Principle of Art
slip
Tapestry
20. What is another work for low relief?
analogous Colors
wedging the clay
Pastel
Bas
21. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.
Emphasis
Enameling
Kinetic art
Aperture
22. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
Ceramic glaze
African Benin Sculputure
Rotunda
intermediate colors
23. What type of paper would have a raised texture?
Rough paper
Batik
Depth of Field
Islam art
24. Air - dry unfired clay
Kinetic art
kinds of stones for stone carving
Equipment used in oil painting
Greenware
25. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
Color field painting artists
Design Principles
Shade
Social Realism
26. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.
Motif
Dome
Rabbit Skin Glue
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
27. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Known Rodin prints
Ceramic - Sgraffito
vehicle
Egg Tempera
28. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?
kinds of stones for stone carving
Social Murals
film speed
Photorealism
29. 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
Mayan
Cast concrete - modeling
Titan's key works
Romanesque
30. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?
Trompe - l'oil
Tessera
Japanese art and buildings
Depression era Artists
31. 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
the golden section (architecture)
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
Social Murals
Collage
32. Symmetrical balance
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33. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world
Dry Point
Shutter Speed
Lotus postition
Environmental Art
34. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
rhythm
Hagia Sophia
Describe the process of fresco
modeling
35. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
Design Elements
Photogravure
value
balance
36. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
Grisaille
Design Elements
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Film Speed
37. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv
Wood and bronze
Printmaking Techniques
wedging the clay
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
38. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork
Film Speed
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Encaustic
Emphasis
39. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society
Women artist of the 19th century
Titan's key works
Designed the Barcelona chair
Abstract Expressionist Artists
40. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Color field painting
Stoneware
Brown
Fire clay
41. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
kinds of stones for stone carving
Cement
Water
Used to protect pastel artwork
42. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).
slip
Known Rodin prints
Egg Tempera
Forms of Charcoal
43. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.
Scoring
Baroque painting
Stoneware properties
Loom
44. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Barabara Krugel
binder
Batik
nave
45. Relative darkness or lightness of a color
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Tempera paint
value
modeling
46. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?
Parchment
Facing forward and stiff
Pumice
three point perspective
47. Made out of Metal
Shutter Speed
African Benin Sculputure
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Design Elements
48. 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
Loom
Rabbit Skin Glue
Tenebrism
Gel medium
49. 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
Tint
Esquisse
Rodin
Mississippian
50. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.
Tapestry
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
Corinthian columns
Pastel