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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who said ' less is more'?






2. 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.






3. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






4. 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'.






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






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. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






8. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






10. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






12. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






13. 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






14. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






15. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






16. AP on an art product means what






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






18. 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.






19. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






24. What city had the first skyscraper?






25. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






26. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






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






28. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






29. Gouge and chisel






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






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






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






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






34. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






36. What goes horizontal across a loom?






37. Rene Magritte






38. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






40. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






47. 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.






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






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

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50. A dominant idea or central theme