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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
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1. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






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






3. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






5. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






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






7. Pagoda






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






9. Gray made by mixing complements






10. Air - dry unfired clay






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






12. 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).






13. The laying of paint thickly






14. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






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






17. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






18. The central area of a church






19. Who said ' less is more'?






20. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






21. 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.






22. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






23. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






24. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






25. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






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






27. What city had the first skyscraper?






28. 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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29. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






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






31. Continuous frieze






32. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






33. 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.






34. Used in water printing






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






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






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






38. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






39. 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.






40. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






41. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






42. 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.






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






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






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






47. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






48. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






49. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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