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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Example of baroque architecture






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






3. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






4. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






6. 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.






7. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






8. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






9. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






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






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






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






14. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






15. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






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






23. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






25. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






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






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






28. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






29. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






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






31. 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






32. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






34. 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






35. The central area of a church






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






37. Pagoda






38. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






39. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






40. AP on an art product means what






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






42. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






44. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






46. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






47. 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.






48. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






50. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty