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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






2. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






3. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






9. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






10. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






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






12. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






13. To make a quick sketch






14. 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






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






16. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






17. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






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






20. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






21. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






22. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






23. 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.






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






25. A dominant idea or central theme






26. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






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






28. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






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






30. 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






31. 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).






32. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






33. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






34. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






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






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






38. Used in water printing






39. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






40. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






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






43. 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.






44. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






45. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






46. Origin is Mayan






47. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






48. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






49. 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






50. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?