Praxis 5135 Art Content & Analysis Questions and answers(100- accuracy)
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Praxis art
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Praxis Art
Relief
A projecting design carved or modeled on a flat background
Perspective
A technique for representing space and 3-dimensional objects on a flat, 2-dimensional surface by suggesting depth or distance
Figurative
Style that accurately represents figures, animals, or other recogni...
Praxis 5135 Art:
Content & Analysis
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Relief - answer A projecting design carved or modeled on a flat
background
Perspective - answer A technique for representing space and 3-
dimensional objects on a flat, 2-dimensional surface by suggesting depth
or distance
Figurative - answer Style that accurately represents figures, animals, or
other recognizable objects
Graphic - answer Art on a flat surface based on drawing and use of line;
especially applied to printmaking
Plane - answer A flat, 2-dimensional surface with a defined boundary; An
element with 2 dimensions-length and width
Static - answer Arrangement of shapes, lines, colors that reduce visual
movement when looking at a picture
Flat - answer Without illusion of volume or depth; also pure color lacking
gradations of tone
,Complementary - answer Opposite colors on the color wheel (green/red;
orange/blue)
Values - answer Degree of light or dark in a color
Monumental - answer Pertaining to monuments; heroic scale
Drypoint - answer An Intaglio printing process where a design is scratched
into a copper or zinc plate with a fine steel needle or jewel, which permits
soft atmospheric effects
Etching - answer Indentations on a plate are submerged in an acid bath so
that only the lines appear in the print
Lithograph - answer The artist draws on a limestone slab with a greasy
crayon. Water is applied, which adheres to the stones's non greasy
surface, and then greasy ink is rolled on, which sticks only where there is
no water. A sheet of paper is then applied to the slab in a lithographic
press to reproduce
Silk Screen Prints (Serigrophy) - answer Developed by Andy Warhol; A
stencil is attached to a screen of silk stretched on a frame, then ink is
forced through the stencil with a rubber squeegee
Expressionism - answer The use of distorted, exaggerated forms and
colors for emotional impact
L'Art Brut - answer Raw or crude art; coined by Dubuffet
Haniwa - answer "Circle of Clay"; Resembles a cylinder perhaps to the
height of a picket fence around the mound.
Haniwa art tells us much about early life in Japan
,Neolithic, Pre-Bronze Age Japanese Art - answer Prolific and accomplished
potters;
Early designs were simple cord patterns in relatively low relief;
Figurines of the era depict similar, corded styling and knotting
Trinity at Horyu-ji and the early T'ang style - answer Located within the
Tachibana Shrine at Nara; Constructed of gilded bronze and housed in a
wooden tabernacle, it consists of three major units-a flat base; a triptych
for a background screen and the three main sculptural images which
either sit or stand on lotuses that rise from a
Tamamushi - answer An architectural model constructed of wood which is
meant to enclose an image such as a painting.
The Bauhaus Art School - answer Founded by architect Walter Gropius at
Weimer, Germany in 1919.
The basic course at the school consisted of training through art that
A)involved all the sense, B) combined thinking and feeling and C) included
problem solving through direct experience.
The theories and curriculum developed at the school proved influential to
the industrial design of many products including automobiles, tools,
household appliances and furniture.
Pre-Columbian Art - answer Art produced by various civilizations that
existed in the Americas prior to Spanish conquest and colonization in the
16th century. Much existing art was destroyed during this time.
The art primarily consists of masks, fabrics, vessels and similar artifacts
that often depict animal and human forms. Snakes, condors and jaguars
were frequent subjects and surviving renditions indicate that the artisans
had a superior understanding of these creatures.
The Origin and Style of Indian Pallava sculpture - answer Pallava has its
origins in the Buddhist sculptures and stupas at Amaravati and was the
predominant style of early medieval art in Southern India.
Pallava figures exhibit a roundedness or curvaceous fluidity and are often
depicted in exaggerated poses accentuating movement.
, Brief Historical summary of Chinese painting - answer The Chinese began
painting as we know it in a modern sense more than 3000 years ago.
Western museums have commonly preserved portable paintings, including
screens, hanging scrolls, fans and albums.
The most commonly used materials were pigments or colors, silk, paper,
ink and brush.
A substantial amount of Chinese art is a combination of painting and line
drawing.
Subject matter was quite often landscapes.
Rivers, trees, animals, mountains, air and sky frequently possessed life-
like qualities of movement.
The Shang Dynasty - answer Developed a written language as well as
hunting and agricultural techniques. Religion or at least certainly
spirituality played a part in their society as well.
The Shang expressed themselves artistically on practical objects such as
axes, weapons, urns, kettles and other forms of pottery. They were prolific
and accomplished Bronze artisans.
The use of Jade in Chinese Art - answer No other culture is known to have
worked jade for artistic purposed in such a consistent and unbroken
tradition as the Chinese.
The earliest jade objects recovered from China are tools and disks with
central circular orifices but over the first 1000 years of carving the general
artistic styles of the Shang and Chou dynasties effected an increased
sophistication in style and subject matter.
Encaustic - answer A mixture of powered pigment and hot wax; used in
painting and sculpture.
Contrapposto - answer The principle of weight shift in which the weight of
the body rests on one leg.
What is the Parthenon made of? - answer Marble
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