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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






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






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






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






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. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






9. 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.






10. 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'.






11. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






12. Most common oil in oil paints






13. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






14. Robert Smithson






15. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






16. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






17. Gouge and chisel






18. What is another work for low relief?






19. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






20. Example of baroque architecture






21. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






22. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






23. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






24. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






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






27. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






34. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






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






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






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






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






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






40. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






41. 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






42. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






43. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






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






46. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






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






48. 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






49. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






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