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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






2. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






3. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






4. 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






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






6. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






7. Symmetrical balance

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8. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






9. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






10. 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).






11. 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






12. Most common oil in oil paints






13. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






15. rayons resistant to what?






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






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






19. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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

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21. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






23. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






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






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






26. 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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27. To mount a white and black photo - use...






28. AP on an art product means what






29. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






30. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






31. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






32. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






33. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






34. Gray made by mixing complements






35. Robert Smithson






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






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






38. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






39. Rene Magritte






40. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






41. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






42. ...






43. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






44. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






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






46. Woven wall hangings.






47. 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






48. Fix






49. Air - dry unfired clay






50. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.