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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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2. 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.






3. Rene Magritte






4. 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






5. Huge stones






6. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






7. 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






8. AP on an art product means what






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






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






11. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






12. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






14. Air - dry unfired clay






15. Used in water printing






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






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






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






19. What is another work for low relief?






20. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






21. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






22. Gray made by mixing complements






23. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






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






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






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






27. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






28. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






29. 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.






30. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






31. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






32. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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34. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






35. 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.






36. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






37. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






38. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






39. What color do two secondary colors make?






40. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






41. 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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42. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






43. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






44. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






46. 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






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






48. Fix






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






50. Paint thinner and brush cleaner