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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who said ' less is more'?






2. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






4. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






6. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






7. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






8. 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.






9. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






10. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






11. Rene Magritte






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Fix






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






19. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






20. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






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






23. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






24. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






25. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






26. Gray made by mixing complements






27. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






28. 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






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






30. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






32. 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






33. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






34. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






36. Air - dry unfired clay






37. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






38. 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






39. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






40. 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.






41. To make a quick sketch






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






43. Most common oil in oil paints






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






45. 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.






46. The laying of paint thickly






47. 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.






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






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






50. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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