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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. rayons resistant to what?






2. Made out of Metal






3. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






5. 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.






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






7. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






8. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






9. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






11. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






12. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






13. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






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






15. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






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






18. The laying of paint thickly






19. 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.






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






21. Most common oil in oil paints






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






23. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






24. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






25. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






34. 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.






35. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






36. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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


46. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






47. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






50. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work