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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






2. The central area of a church






3. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






4. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






5. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






6. 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






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






8. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






10. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






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






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






15. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






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






19. 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.






20. Gouge and chisel






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






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






23. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






25. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






26. Who said ' less is more'?






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






33. 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






34. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






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






36. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






37. 3X 5300 pixels






38. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






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






41. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






42. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






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






44. Most common oil in oil paints






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






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






47. Used in water printing






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

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49. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






50. Polystyrene -Polyurethane