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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






2. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






3. 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






4. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






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






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






7. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






8. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






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






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






12. Woven wall hangings.






13. What goes horizontal across a loom?






14. 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






15. Made out of Metal






16. Most common oil in oil paints






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






18. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






19. What is another work for low relief?






20. 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.


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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






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






26. Fix






27. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






28. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






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






32. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






33. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






34. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






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






43. AP on an art product means what






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






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






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






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48. 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






49. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






50. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work