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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






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






3. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






10. 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






11. Symmetrical balance

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12. 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






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






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






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






16. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






19. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






20. 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






21. 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






22. rayons resistant to what?






23. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






25. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






26. What color do two secondary colors make?






27. To mount a white and black photo - use...






28. Air - dry unfired clay






29. 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






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






31. 3X 5300 pixels






32. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






33. What is another work for low relief?






34. 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.






35. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






36. Made out of Metal






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






38. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






39. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






40. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






41. 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.






42. 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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43. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






45. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






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






47. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






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






49. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






50. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.