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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






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






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






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






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






7. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






8. 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






9. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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10. 3X 5300 pixels






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






12. Symmetrical balance

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






14. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






15. Air - dry unfired clay






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






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






18. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






19. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






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






21. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






23. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






24. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






25. Rene Magritte






26. Most common oil in oil paints






27. Robert Smithson






28. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






29. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






30. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






37. Pagoda






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






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






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






41. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






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






43. AP on an art product means what






44. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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






46. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






48. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






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