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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Used in water printing
slip
Frottage
Acrylic paint
Lotus postition
2. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?
Romanesque Cathedrals
Paint Extender
Social Murals
David Hockney
3. 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.
dry - brushing
Adena Indian habitats
Romanesque Cathedrals
warp
4. A dominant idea or central theme
Motif
Artist Proof
Social Realism
Tessera
5. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.
Tint
Describe the process of fresco
nave
Stoneware properties
6. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.
balance
Women artist of the 19th century
Fire clay
Trompe - l'oil
7. 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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8. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Wedging
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Rough paper
Ceramic glaze
9. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man
Dome
aquatint
Designed the Barcelona chair
Michelangelo
10. Huge stones
Environmental Art
Loom
Wood and bronze
megalith
11. 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
Tint
the golden section (architecture)
Joseph Beuys
Tenebrism
12. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Film Speed
Tapestry
Stoneware
Appropriation Art
13. To make a quick sketch
Croquis
Social Realism
The post - and - lintel system
Collage
14. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
Water
Romanesque Cathedrals
Depression era Artists
Tenebrism
15. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.
Frida Kahlo
Depression art
Women artist of the 19th century
Color field painting
16. Example of baroque architecture
Palace of Versaille
Pop artists
binder
Loom
17. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b
Pointillism
intaglio
African masks
gesso
18. AP on an art product means what
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Artist Proof
Principle of Art
Batik
19. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
Greenware
Wood and bronze
Design Principles
Tapestry
20. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
Pointillism
Croquis
Loom
Women artist of the 19th century
21. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Basquiat
Photogravure
value
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
22. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?
Cast concrete - modeling
Egg Tempera
warp
The post - and - lintel system
23. 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.
Frottage
Hagia Sophia
Charcoal pen
Color field painting
24. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Dome
Barabara Krugel
Acrylic paint
Chiaroscuro
25. What is another work for low relief?
Rabbit Skin Glue
Tint
Bas
Used to protect pastel artwork
26. What color do two secondary colors make?
Japanese art and buildings
Brown
Julio Gonzalez
Cement
27. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
Crenellation
Julio Gonzalez
Cement
Pop artists
28. 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
Tempera paint
Croquis
Joseph Beuys
Gothic Cathedrals
29. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
Neoclassical
Dagyuerrotype
Chiaroscuro
intaglio
30. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.
Shade
A black line
Van Der Zee
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
31. 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).
Mayan
film speed
Egg Tempera
Design Elements
32. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Linear perspective
Color field painting
Croquis
Forms of Charcoal
33. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?
Stepped Pyramid Temples
gouache
Degas and Cassett
The Renaissance
34. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a
Elements of Art
Aperture
Romanesque
Pumice
35. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Fire clay
Ceramic glaze
wedging the clay
36. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.
Shade
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Hagia Sophia
Isocephaly
37. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
weft
Hagia Sophia
Mayan
Ceramic - Sgraffito
38. What city had the first skyscraper?
Rodin
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
Cast concrete - modeling
39. Rene Magritte
Romantic Era
Paint Extender
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Lotus postition
40. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross
Egg Tempera
The Renaissance
binder
Artists associated with Pointillism
41. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
The Renaissance
Yarn
Photogravure
Islam art
42. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?
African masks
Collage
Chiaroscuro
Joseph Beuys
43. Gouge and chisel
Carving Tools
Chiaroscuro
best resolution in a digital photo?
Shutter Speed
44. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.
Shutter Speed
Julio Gonzalez
Abstract Expressionist Artists
vehicle
45. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
warp
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Designed the Barcelona chair
Albert Durer
46. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge
Acrylic paint
Kinetic art
Sulfur
The post - and - lintel system
47. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.
Charcoal pen
Elements of Art
A black line
warp
48. 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.
Sfumato
David Hockney
warp
Palace of Versaille
49. Gray made by mixing complements
Rembrandt
Column of Trajan
Forms of Charcoal
chromatic gray
50. What goes horizontal across a loom?
Yarn
Depression era Artists
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Japanese art and buildings