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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Rene Magritte






2. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






3. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






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






5. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






6. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






14. AP on an art product means what






15. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






16. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






17. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






19. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






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






21. 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.






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






23. A dominant idea or central theme






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






25. 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






26. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






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






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






29. Pagoda






30. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






31. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






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






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






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






36. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






37. Who said ' less is more'?






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






39. 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






40. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






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






43. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






44. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






46. Who made large portraits of friends?






47. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






48. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






49. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






50. 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.