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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel
analogous Colors
wedging the clay
Michelangelo
Depression era Artists
2. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans
Appropriation Art
Film Speed
Egg Tempera
Islam art
3. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit
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4. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
Isocephaly
gesso
Dome
megalith
5. What goes horizontal across a loom?
Charcoal pen
Yarn
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
William Blake
6. Air - dry unfired clay
Carving Tools
Greenware
Thomas Gainsborough
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
7. 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.
kinds of stones for stone carving
Jewelry tools
Albert Durer
Cast concrete - modeling
8. 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
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Tint
Rodin
Facing forward and stiff
9. 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.
Enameling
dry - brushing
gouache
Palace of Versaille
10. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio
Rembrandt
Ceramic - Sgraffito
William Blake
Joseph Beuys
11. Used in water printing
Water
Brushed used in oil painting
Pointillism
Acrylic paint
12. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?
Bas
Turpentine
Frida Kahlo
Pastel
13. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
modeling
Environmental Art
kinds of stones for stone carving
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
14. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome
Known Rodin prints
kinds of stones for stone carving
frisket
Designed the Barcelona chair
15. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
Social Realism
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Charcoal pen
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
16. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air
Titan's key works
wedging the clay
Depression art
kinds of stones for stone carving
17. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
Frida Kahlo
Depression art
Adena Indian habitats
Linear perspective
18. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Pastel
Tint
kinds of stones for stone carving
19. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
'fat over lean'
Egg Tempera
The post - and - lintel system
20. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Depth of Field
Wedging
Japanese art and buildings
21. Pagoda
Film Speed
Parchment
Another term used for buddhist temple
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
22. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Tapestry
Linear perspective
Photogravure
Charcoal pen
23. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Rice paper
Grisaille
Fire clay
24. What is another work for low relief?
Bas
Pop artists
Known Rodin prints
megalith
25. 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
Ceramic - Sgraffito
William Blake
Loom
Corinthian columns
26. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
nave
stain glass in a cathedral
binder
27. 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
Color field painting artists
African Benin Sculputure
Van Der Zee
Michelangelo
28. Benin sculpture is in what medium?
Wood and bronze
Islam art
Depression art
Frida Kahlo
29. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint
Pumice
gesso
Shutter Speed
Jewelry tools
30. 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
Rodin
Trompe - l'oil
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Pointillism
31. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.
Palace of Versaille
Shutter Speed
Depression art
Sfumato
32. 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.
Crenellation
Tempera paint
Yarn
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
33. 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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34. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.
analogous Colors
Hagia Sophia
Equipment used in oil painting
Degas and Cassett
35. Gray made by mixing complements
Titan's key works
Social Realism
chromatic gray
Michelangelo
36. Woven wall hangings.
Frottage
stain glass in a cathedral
slip
Tapestry
37. 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.
Pumice
Bas
frisket
Photorealism
38. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.
Pastel
Camera Obscura
CMYK
Used to protect pastel artwork
39. 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).
Turpentine
Egg Tempera
Design Principles
Social Realism
40. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
Tapestry
Fire clay
I.M. Pei
Isocephaly
41. Who made large portraits of friends?
Equipment used in oil painting
Shade
David Hockney
intaglio
42. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
Rodin
Embroidery
Julio Gonzalez
Design Principles
43. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein
Tempera paint
Julio Gonzalez
Pop artists
A black line
44. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.
Thomas Gainsborough
Egg Tempera
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Rabbit Skin Glue
45. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Barabara Krugel
Fire clay
gouache
Pop artists
46. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Cement
Georgian Style
Ceramic - Sgraffito
47. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution
Brown
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
dry - brushing
Sulfur
48. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy
three point perspective
Trompe - l'oil
Wedging
Thomas Gainsborough
49. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet
Collage
Forms of Charcoal
nave
intermediate colors
50. Relative darkness or lightness of a color
Pastel
Value
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Film Speed