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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






2. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






3. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






5. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






6. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






7. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






8. Origin is Mayan






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






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






11. 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






12. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






15. 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






16. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






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






19. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






20. To make a quick sketch






21. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






22. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






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






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






25. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






26. 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.






27. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






28. What is another work for low relief?






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






30. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






32. 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






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






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






35. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






36. 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






37. ...






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






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






40. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






41. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






43. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






44. 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.






45. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






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






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






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






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






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