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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The laying of paint thickly






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

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3. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






4. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






5. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






7. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






8. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






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






10. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






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






13. 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






14. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






17. 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






18. Symmetrical balance

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






20. 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.






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






22. Continuous frieze






23. Gouge and chisel






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






25. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






26. 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).






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






28. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






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






31. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






32. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






33. 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.






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






35. Who said ' less is more'?






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






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






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






43. To make a quick sketch






44. Robert Smithson






45. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






46. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






47. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






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






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






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