Praxis 5135 Art: Content & Analysis Latest Update Graded A+

Praxis 5135 Art: Content & Analysis Latest Update Graded A+ 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 recognizable objects Graphic Art on a flat surface based on drawing and use of line; especially applied to printmaking Plane A flat, 2-dimensional surface with a defined boundary; An element with 2 dimensions- length and width Static Arrangement of shapes, lines, colors that reduce visual movement when looking at a picture Flat Without illusion of volume or depth; also pure color lacking gradations of tone Complementary Opposite colors on the color wheel (green/red; orange/blue) Values Degree of light or dark in a color Monumental Pertaining to monuments; heroic scale Drypoint 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 Indentations on a plate are submerged in an acid bath so that only the lines appear in the print Lithograph 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) 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 The use of distorted, exaggerated forms and colors for emotional impact L'Art Brut Raw or crude art; coined by Dubuffet Haniwa "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 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 Located within the Tachibana Shrine at Nara; Constructed of gilded bronze and housed in a wooden