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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






2. 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.






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






4. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






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






6. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






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






9. Made out of Metal






10. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






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






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






13. 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'.






14. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






15. Continuous frieze






16. Air - dry unfired clay






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






18. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






20. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






21. 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






22. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






23. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






24. Example of baroque architecture






25. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






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






29. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






30. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






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






32. 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






33. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






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






35. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






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






37. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






39. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






40. Pagoda






41. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






42. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






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






44. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






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






46. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






47. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






48. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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49. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






50. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby