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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






2. Gray made by mixing complements






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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






7. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






8. Example of baroque architecture






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






11. 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






12. Gouge and chisel






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






14. 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.






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






16. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






17. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






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






25. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






26. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






28. 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






29. Air - dry unfired clay






30. 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






31. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






32. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






33. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






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






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






36. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






39. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






40. Used in water printing






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






42. 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






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

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44. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






46. 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






47. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






48. The central area of a church






49. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






50. 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