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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To make a quick sketch






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Air - dry unfired clay






7. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






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






10. Origin is Mayan






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






12. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






13. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






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






15. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






16. 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






17. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






18. The laying of paint thickly






19. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






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






22. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. rayons resistant to what?






29. 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.






30. Symmetrical balance

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31. What city had the first skyscraper?






32. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






34. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






35. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






36. 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.






37. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






38. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






39. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






46. Huge stones






47. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






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






49. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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