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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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1. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven
Croquis
weft
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Armature
2. Who made large portraits of friends?
Pop artists
David Hockney
Fire clay
Enameling
3. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
Linseed oil
dry - brushing
Esquisse
Sfumato
4. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.
nave
Tapestry
film speed
Encaustic
5. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge
Corinthian columns
Enameling
binder
The post - and - lintel system
6. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Principle of Art
Another term used for buddhist temple
A black line
Brushed used in oil painting
7. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino
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8. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.
Rabbit Skin Glue
Column of Trajan
Julio Gonzalez
Doric columns
9. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
Principle of Art
Describe the process of fresco
Doric columns
Grisaille
10. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air
intaglio
wedging the clay
Women artist of the 19th century
CMYK
11. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Photorealism
aquatint
Cast concrete - modeling
12. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
gouache
Artist Proof
Loom
Dry Point
13. Made out of Metal
African Benin Sculputure
Bas
Trompe - l'oil
Barabara Krugel
14. 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).
Encaustic
Describe the process of fresco
Linseed oil
Egg Tempera
15. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?
Van Der Zee
A black line
Dome
Meyer Schapiro
16. 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
Joseph Beuys
Islam art
Emphasis
scumbling
17. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware
Bas
slip
chromatic gray
warp
18. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.
Column of Trajan
Ceramic glaze
Shade
Rembrandt
19. To mount a white and black photo - use...
Trompe - l'oil
Appropriation Art
Parchment
Rice paper
20. 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
Carving Tools
Gouache
Collage
Michelangelo
21. Used in water printing
Designed the Barcelona chair
Acrylic paint
Embroidery
Titan's key works
22. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
warp
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
wedging the clay
Ionic columns
23. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Corinthian columns
Batik
The post - and - lintel system
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
24. 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.
I.M. Pei
Known Rodin prints
Film Speed
Equipment used in oil painting
25. 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
Film Speed
Isocephaly
Degas and Cassett
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
26. 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
the golden section (architecture)
Shutter Speed
Emphasis
Linseed oil
27. 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.
Corinthian columns
Shutter Speed
Kinetic art
Photorealism
28. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Wood and bronze
Ceramic glaze
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
29. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque
Michelangelo
Tempera paint
Gouache
Corinthian columns
30. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels
Yarn
Aperture
Environmental Art
Jewelry tools
31. 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.
Sfumato
Linseed oil
Tempera paint
Trompe - l'oil
32. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?
Pastel
nave
Julio Gonzalez
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
33. 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.
Dagyuerrotype
Brown
Linear perspective
Islam art
34. Polystyrene -Polyurethane
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Equipment used in oil painting
Value
35. AP on an art product means what
Artist Proof
Color field painting artists
Rembrandt
Meyer Schapiro
36. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?
Environmental Art
Grisaille
Titan's key works
Safety glasses
37. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.
Safety glasses
Shutter Speed
Encaustic
Joseph Beuys
38. Most common oil in oil paints
Fire clay
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Linseed oil
Basic Elements of Sculpture
39. Who said ' less is more'?
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Pop artists
best resolution in a digital photo?
Design Principles
40. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended
best resolution in a digital photo?
weft
wedging the clay
binder
41. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?
Facing forward and stiff
weft
Shutter Speed
gouache
42. What goes horizontal across a loom?
Sfumato
Yarn
Adena Indian habitats
Tessera
43. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?
Van Der Zee
Tint
Kinetic art
Romantic Era
44. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.
Film Speed
Kinetic art
Rococo
Aperture
45. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
Cast concrete - modeling
Rice paper
Pastel
Tessera
46. 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.
balance
Esquisse
Baroque painting
Albert Durer
47. To make a quick sketch
Impasto
Designed the Barcelona chair
Croquis
Describe the process of fresco
48. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?
Jewelry tools
Degas and Cassett
intaglio
Principle of Art
49. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?
Lotus postition
Van Der Zee
Romanesque Cathedrals
Facing forward and stiff
50. 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.
Stoneware
Embroidery
Mayan
Parchment