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Praxis 2 Art
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1. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
Isocephaly
Designed the Barcelona chair
Enameling
Turpentine
2. 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.
rhythm
Charcoal pen
Lotus postition
Film Speed
3. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
Shade
warp
Describe the process of fresco
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
4. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
Sfumato
chromatic gray
Paint Extender
intermediate colors
5. The capital building was built in what architectual style?
I.M. Pei
Rotunda
William Blake
Principle of Art
6. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
Stoneware properties
Esquisse
Wood and bronze
I.M. Pei
7. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
The Renaissance
Home Insurance Building in NYC
intaglio
Pastel
8. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.
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9. 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
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Ceramic glaze
Tapestry
Stepped Pyramid Temples
10. Used in water printing
Acrylic paint
Corinthian columns
Linseed oil
Carving Tools
11. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Mayan
A black line
Japanese art and buildings
12. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Enameling
Linear perspective
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Isocephaly
13. Huge stones
Greenware
Rough paper
megalith
Abstract Expressionist Artists
14. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.
Acrylic paint
Ionic columns
Charcoal pen
Gouache
15. 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
Romanesque Cathedrals
Loom
I.M. Pei
Elements of Art
16. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
Wood and bronze
Hagia Sophia
Julio Gonzalez
constructed the Spiral Jetty
17. 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.
Islam art
Rodin
Degas and Cassett
Esquisse
18. 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
Rodin
Tenebrism
Assemblage
Basic Elements of Sculpture
19. A dominant idea or central theme
Embroidery
Photogravure
Motif
Impasto
20. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
Forms of Charcoal
Tint
Crenellation
Corinthian columns
21. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting
Facing forward and stiff
Appropriation Art
frisket
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
22. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).
Carving Tools
Neoclassical
African masks
Hardbrick
23. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.
African Baule Spirit Spouse Figures
Tapestry
Hagia Sophia
Value
24. Most common oil in oil paints
Barabara Krugel
I.M. Pei
Rodin
Linseed oil
25. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)
Designed the Barcelona chair
intermediate colors
Titan's key works
Impasto
26. 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
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Frida Kahlo
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Romanesque Cathedrals
27. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.
Aperture
Principle of Art
Enameling
wedging the clay
28. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design
Barabara Krugel
Environmental Art
modeling
Facing forward and stiff
29. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston
Ceramic glaze
Abstract Expressionist Artists
Water
Meyer Schapiro
30. 3X 5300 pixels
best resolution in a digital photo?
Stoneware
Shade
Pointillism
31. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
Lotus postition
Printmaking Techniques
three point perspective
Photogravure
32. 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
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Rotunda
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Scoring
33. What color do two secondary colors make?
Brown
Social Murals
Tapestry
Pointillism
34. 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.
Photorealism
dry - brushing
Palace of Versaille
Cast concrete - modeling
35. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
Pumice
Gel medium
Rembrandt
kinds of stones for stone carving
36. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Photorealism
Tint
Rotunda
37. Rene Magritte
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
Rotunda
three point perspective
slip
38. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy
dry - brushing
Thomas Gainsborough
Parchment
Tempera paint
39. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
Artist Proof
Dagyuerrotype
megalith
Thomas Gainsborough
40. Gray made by mixing complements
binder
Van Der Zee
CMYK
chromatic gray
41. 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.
Equipment used in oil painting
CMYK
Artists associated with Pointillism
Wood and bronze
42. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?
Romantic Era
Design Elements
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
the golden section (architecture)
43. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
modeling
Equipment used in oil painting
Enameling
Adena Indian habitats
44. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
Social Realism
Enameling
Dome
intaglio
45. 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.
Georgian Style
Sfumato
Aperture
Jewelry tools
46. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.
Acrylic paint
Tint
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
film speed
47. AP on an art product means what
nave
Artist Proof
CMYK
Charcoal pen
48. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
Rodin
Romanesque
African masks
Depression era Artists
49. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite
Photorealism
Neoclassical
kinds of stones for stone carving
CMYK
50. 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
Gel medium
Cast concrete - modeling
Baroque painting
Ceramic glaze