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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid






2. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






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






4. 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






5. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






6. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






7. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






8. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






10. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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11. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






12. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






13. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






14. Origin is Mayan






15. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






16. To make a quick sketch






17. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






18. Pagoda






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






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






21. 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'.






22. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






23. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






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






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






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






28. The central area of a church






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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

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33. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






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






35. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






38. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






39. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






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






41. What city had the first skyscraper?






42. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






43. 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).






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






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






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






47. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






48. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






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