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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






2. 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.






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4. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






5. Huge stones






6. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






7. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






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






9. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






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






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






12. 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






13. Made out of Metal






14. 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






15. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






17. What is another work for low relief?






18. Gray made by mixing complements






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






20. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






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






23. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






24. 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.






25. 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'.






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






27. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






28. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






30. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






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






32. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






33. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






34. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






35. 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






36. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






37. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






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






40. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






41. AP on an art product means what






42. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






43. Robert Smithson






44. Origin is Mayan






45. 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.






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






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






48. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






49. 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






50. Pagoda