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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






2. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






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






4. 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






5. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






7. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






8. 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.






9. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






10. Who said ' less is more'?






11. 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






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






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






14. Pagoda






15. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






17. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






18. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






20. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. Woven wall hangings.






24. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






26. Origin is Mayan






27. Used in water printing






28. Air - dry unfired clay






29. 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






30. Fix






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






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






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






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






35. The central area of a church






36. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






37. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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


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






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






42. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






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






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






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






46. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






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






48. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






50. Benin sculpture is in what medium?