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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






2. 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.






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






4. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






5. 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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6. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






12. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






13. 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






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






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






16. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






18. Continuous frieze






19. Who said ' less is more'?






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






21. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






22. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






27. Robert Smithson






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






29. Example of baroque architecture






30. Who made large portraits of friends?






31. Rene Magritte






32. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






34. Woven wall hangings.






35. Huge stones






36. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






37. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






38. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






39. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






40. 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






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






42. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






43. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






44. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






45. Gouge and chisel






46. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






47. 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






48. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






49. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






50. What is another work for low relief?