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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






2. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






3. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






4. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






5. To mount a white and black photo - use...






6. 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.






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






8. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






9. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






10. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






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






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






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






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






15. Pagoda






16. 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.






17. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






19. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






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






21. 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.






22. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






23. Most common oil in oil paints






24. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






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






26. AP on an art product means what






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






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






29. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






30. What color do two secondary colors make?






31. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






32. Example of baroque architecture






33. Woven wall hangings.






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






35. 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).






36. Who made large portraits of friends?






37. 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






38. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






39. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






40. 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






41. 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






42. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






43. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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44. 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






45. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






46. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






48. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






49. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






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