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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Example of baroque architecture






2. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






3. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






4. 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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5. 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






6. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






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






8. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






9. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






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






11. AP on an art product means what






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






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






14. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






16. 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






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






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






20. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






21. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






22. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






23. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






24. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






25. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






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






27. Who made large portraits of friends?






28. 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'.






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






30. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






31. Origin is Mayan






32. rayons resistant to what?






33. What color do two secondary colors make?






34. 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.






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Who said ' less is more'?






41. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






42. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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43. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






45. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






47. 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






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






49. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






50. Most common oil in oil paints