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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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1. 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.
Principle of Art
Photorealism
Equipment used in oil painting
Yarn
2. Paint thinner and brush cleaner
Gothic Cathedrals
Film Speed
Turpentine
Depression art
3. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
intaglio
the golden section (architecture)
Rough paper
Isocephaly
4. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution
Barabara Krugel
stain glass in a cathedral
Yarn
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
5. The central area of a church
nave
Mississippian
Safety glasses
dry - brushing
6. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.
Croquis
Pastel
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
balance
7. 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
Emphasis
megalith
Frida Kahlo
David Hockney
8. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
vehicle
Brown
Paint Extender
Japanese art and buildings
9. 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
three point perspective
The Renaissance
Another term used for buddhist temple
the golden section (architecture)
10. What color do two secondary colors make?
African Benin Sculputure
Basquiat
Brown
Artist Proof
11. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Design Principles
vehicle
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Titan's key works
12. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
kinds of stones for stone carving
Tapestry
Loom
Brown
13. 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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14. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Ceramic glaze
Gothic Cathedrals
Shutter Speed
15. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.
Rotunda
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Tapestry
Assemblage
16. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.
Crenellation
Embroidery
Islam art
Design Elements
17. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston
Japanese art and buildings
Environmental Art
Abstract Expressionist Artists
intermediate colors
18. 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
Kinetic art
Romanesque Cathedrals
Dry Point
Frida Kahlo
19. Who made large portraits of friends?
Scoring
David Hockney
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Adena Indian habitats
20. 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.
Turpentine
Degas and Cassett
Meyer Schapiro
Frottage
21. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
William Blake
Rotunda
rhythm
CMYK
22. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?
Chiaroscuro
Trompe - l'oil
Lotus postition
Yarn
23. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel
Aperture
Tessera
Rembrandt
Equipment used in oil painting
24. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
African Benin Sculputure
Ionic columns
Mayan
Embroidery
25. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.
Linear perspective
Yarn
Julio Gonzalez
Charcoal pen
26. 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.
Another term used for buddhist temple
Sfumato
Dry Point
Rotunda
27. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
Michelangelo
Turpentine
Design Principles
Isocephaly
28. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
Depression era Artists
Lotus postition
balance
Pastel
29. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
Enameling
Tint
Jewelry tools
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
30. Polystyrene -Polyurethane
Monochrome printing
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
the golden section (architecture)
Motif
31. Most common oil in oil paints
scumbling
Describe the process of fresco
Linseed oil
Gothic Cathedrals
32. 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
African masks
Depth of Field
Romanesque
Rabbit Skin Glue
33. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
aquatint
kinds of stones for stone carving
Environmental Art
Corinthian columns
34. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.
gouache
Design Principles
Color field painting
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
35. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
Frottage
I.M. Pei
modeling
Cement
36. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric
African Benin Sculputure
Pastel
Wedging
aquatint
37. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.
Known Rodin prints
Greenware
Wedging
Tessera
38. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?
Safety glasses
'fat over lean'
Tempera paint
Color field painting artists
39. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein
Pop artists
Joseph Beuys
Design Principles
modeling
40. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.
vehicle
Albert Durer
Artists associated with Pointillism
Palace of Versaille
41. Continuous frieze
Fire clay
Mississippian
Linear perspective
Column of Trajan
42. Example of baroque architecture
Palace of Versaille
Japanese art and buildings
Paint Extender
Monochrome printing
43. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.
CMYK
Designed the Barcelona chair
kinds of stones for stone carving
the golden section (architecture)
44. 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.
William Blake
Collage
scumbling
Pumice
45. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross
Artists associated with Pointillism
Design Elements
Shutter Speed
Baroque painting
46. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint
Shutter Speed
gesso
A black line
Islam art
47. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?
Collage
Georgian Style
Charcoal pen
Camera Obscura
48. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.
rhythm
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Corinthian columns
Gouache
49. 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
William Blake
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Used to protect pastel artwork
Hagia Sophia
50. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?
African masks
vehicle
Color field painting artists
weft