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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






3. Used in water printing






4. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






5. 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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6. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






7. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






9. rayons resistant to what?






10. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






11. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






12. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






13. Origin is Mayan






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






15. Huge stones






16. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






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






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

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19. 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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20. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






21. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






24. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






25. Made out of Metal






26. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






27. Robert Smithson






28. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






29. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






31. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






32. 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).






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






34. 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.






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






36. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






37. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






39. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






40. Continuous frieze






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






42. Who said ' less is more'?






43. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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44. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






46. 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






47. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






48. 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






49. Air - dry unfired clay






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