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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






2. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






3. Most common oil in oil paints






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






5. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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






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






8. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






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






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






13. 3X 5300 pixels






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






15. Symmetrical balance

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






17. Used in water printing






18. 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.






19. Fix






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






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






22. 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.






23. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






24. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






26. To make a quick sketch






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






28. Rene Magritte






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






30. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






31. 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






32. Gray made by mixing complements






33. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






34. 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.






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






36. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






38. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






39. 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.






40. What is another work for low relief?






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






42. To mount a white and black photo - use...






43. 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






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






45. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






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






47. Huge stones






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






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






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