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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






2. Symmetrical balance


3. 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






4. Who said ' less is more'?






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






7. 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






8. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






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






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






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


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






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






15. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.


16. A dominant idea or central theme






17. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






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






20. Rene Magritte






21. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






22. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






23. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






24. 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






25. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






26. ...






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






28. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






29. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






30. 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.


31. Who made large portraits of friends?






32. Pagoda






33. 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






34. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






35. 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.






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






37. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






39. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






40. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






41. 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.






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






43. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






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






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






46. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






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