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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






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






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






5. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






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






7. Woven wall hangings.






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






9. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






10. 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






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






12. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






13. 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






14. 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.






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

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16. What goes horizontal across a loom?






17. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






18. 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






19. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






20. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






22. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






23. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






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






25. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






26. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






28. 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






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






30. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






31. 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






32. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






34. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






35. The laying of paint thickly






36. 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'.






37. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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






39. To make a quick sketch






40. Air - dry unfired clay






41. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






42. Pagoda






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






44. Robert Smithson






45. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






46. Huge stones






47. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






48. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






50. What city had the first skyscraper?