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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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fine-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
Bas
Embroidery
kinds of stones for stone carving
Sfumato
2. 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.
Impasto
Albert Durer
Used to protect pastel artwork
frisket
3. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.
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4. Who said ' less is more'?
three point perspective
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Paint Extender
5. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
film speed
Gel medium
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Shade
6. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?
Embroidery
Pumice
slip
The post - and - lintel system
7. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel
analogous Colors
Social Murals
Trompe - l'oil
Egg Tempera
8. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?
Value
Tessera
Facing forward and stiff
Abstract Expressionist Artists
9. Gray made by mixing complements
Another term used for buddhist temple
chromatic gray
Pastel
Armature
10. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.
Encaustic
Mayan
Gel medium
Rococo
11. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
Dome
Croquis
Tapestry
Barabara Krugel
12. 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
Romanesque Cathedrals
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Kinetic art
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
13. What is another work for low relief?
dry - brushing
Chiaroscuro
Trompe - l'oil
Bas
14. To mount a white and black photo - use...
Used to protect pastel artwork
Design Principles
Rice paper
Monochrome printing
15. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.
Bas
Artist Proof
Depth of Field
Romanesque
16. What city had the first skyscraper?
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Degas and Cassett
Corinthian columns
Aperture
17. 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
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Brown
Facing forward and stiff
African masks
18. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
analogous Colors
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Describe the process of fresco
Another term used for buddhist temple
19. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
Brushed used in oil painting
Depression art
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Home Insurance Building in NYC
20. Example of baroque architecture
Palace of Versaille
Photogravure
Croquis
Tapestry
21. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Depression art
Color field painting
Printmaking Techniques
22. 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.
Embroidery
warp
Designed the Barcelona chair
I.M. Pei
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.
Film Speed
David Hockney
Photorealism
Kinetic art
24. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
Known Rodin prints
Tint
Van Der Zee
Rough paper
25. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
Crenellation
Croquis
Kinetic art
Tessera
26. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?
Describe the process of fresco
warp
Turpentine
Degas and Cassett
27. Pagoda
Artists associated with Pointillism
Another term used for buddhist temple
Esquisse
Acrylic paint
28. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Gouache
Ceramic glaze
Impasto
Thomas Gainsborough
29. 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
Carving Tools
Encaustic
Rodin
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
30. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Croquis
Color field painting artists
Shade
31. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Encaustic
kinds of stones for stone carving
Stoneware
32. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio
Frida Kahlo
Motif
Rembrandt
Social Murals
33. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space
the golden section (architecture)
Design Elements
Rococo
Encaustic
34. 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).
Value
Hardbrick
Social Realism
Aperture
35. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
weft
Pumice
36. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
Shade
intaglio
Chiaroscuro
Titan's key works
37. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork
Emphasis
Linear perspective
Frida Kahlo
The post - and - lintel system
38. To make a quick sketch
Grisaille
Croquis
chromatic gray
binder
39. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?
Adena Indian habitats
Egg Tempera
Social Murals
the golden section (architecture)
40. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
Dagyuerrotype
Charcoal pen
Principle of Art
warp
41. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
vehicle
Equipment used in oil painting
Croquis
42. Gouge and chisel
The post - and - lintel system
Carving Tools
Acrylic paint
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
43. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel
Mayan
Hardbrick
Equipment used in oil painting
Acrylic paint
44. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.
Rococo
Shutter Speed
Barabara Krugel
Stoneware properties
45. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino
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46. Made out of Metal
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
African Benin Sculputure
gesso
Tapestry
47. ...
Stepped Pyramid Temples
Julio Gonzalez
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
48. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.
Michelangelo
Pumice
Scoring
Describe the process of fresco
49. Symmetrical balance
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50. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR
Monochrome printing
Rough paper
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Motif