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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






2. Robert Smithson






3. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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4. A dominant idea or central theme






5. Fix






6. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






7. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






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






9. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






10. 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






11. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






12. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






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






17. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






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






19. 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






20. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






21. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






23. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






25. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






26. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






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






28. 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.






29. Made out of Metal






30. 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






31. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






32. To make a quick sketch






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






34. The central area of a church






35. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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






37. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






42. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






44. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






45. Gouge and chisel






46. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






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






48. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






49. What color do two secondary colors make?






50. Example of baroque architecture