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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






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






3. The central area of a church






4. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






5. Gouge and chisel






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






7. 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






8. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






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






10. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






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






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






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






15. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






16. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






17. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






18. 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).






19. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






20. 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






21. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






23. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






24. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






25. 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.






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






27. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






28. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






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






31. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






32. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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'.






40. Used in water printing






41. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






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






43. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






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






45. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






46. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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

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48. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






49. 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






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