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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






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






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


4. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






5. Symmetrical balance


6. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






9. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






10. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






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






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






13. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






14. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






15. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






16. 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.






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






18. Origin is Mayan






19. 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).






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






21. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






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






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






24. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






26. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






28. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






29. The central area of a church






30. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






32. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






35. Woven wall hangings.






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






40. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






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






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






43. Who said ' less is more'?






44. Used in water printing






45. 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






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






47. 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


48. 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






49. What color do two secondary colors make?






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