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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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2. 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






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






4. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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






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






8. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






9. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






10. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






11. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






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






13. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






14. To mount a white and black photo - use...






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






16. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






18. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






20. 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






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






22. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






23. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






24. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






25. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






26. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






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






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






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






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






32. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






33. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






34. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






35. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






36. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






38. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






39. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






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






41. 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.






42. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






43. 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.






44. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






46. Fix






47. Gouge and chisel






48. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






49. 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






50. 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