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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






2. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






3. AP on an art product means what






4. 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






5. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






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






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






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






9. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






11. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






12. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






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






14. Woven wall hangings.






15. 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






16. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






17. 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






18. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






19. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






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






23. Made out of Metal






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






25. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






26. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






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






28. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






29. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






30. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






31. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






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






33. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






34. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






38. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






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






40. 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






41. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






43. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






44. Gouge and chisel






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






46. 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.






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






48. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






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