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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






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






3. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






4. Robert Smithson






5. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






6. 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.






7. Air - dry unfired clay






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






9. 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.






10. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






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






12. A dominant idea or central theme






13. Used in water printing






14. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






15. Fix






16. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






17. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






18. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






19. 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






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






21. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






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






24. 3X 5300 pixels






25. rayons resistant to what?






26. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






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






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






29. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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30. Symmetrical balance

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






32. 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'.






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






34. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






35. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






36. The central area of a church






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






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






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






40. 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).






41. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






47. 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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48. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






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






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