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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. 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.






3. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object






4. Made out of Metal






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






6. 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






7. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






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






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






10. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






11. Gray made by mixing complements






12. 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






13. 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






14. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






15. 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).






16. The laying of paint thickly






17. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






18. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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19. Fix






20. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






22. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






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






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






26. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






29. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






31. Robert Smithson






32. 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






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






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






35. To make a quick sketch






36. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






37. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






39. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






40. 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.






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






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






43. Example of baroque architecture






44. 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






45. 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.






46. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






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






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






49. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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