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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






5. Example of baroque architecture






6. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






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






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






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






10. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






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






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






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






14. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






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






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






17. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






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






19. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






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






21. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






22. 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.






23. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






24. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






25. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






26. rayons resistant to what?






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






28. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






32. 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






33. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






34. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






35. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






36. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






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






38. Huge stones






39. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






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






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






42. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






43. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






44. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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45. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






46. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






47. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






48. 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'.






49. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






50. 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