Praxis - Art 5134 Study Exams Questions and Answers

Deviation from the normal or usual. Unexpected, unusual. Unexpected situation or quality - anomoly In painting, the term Local color refers to the natural color of an object unmodified by adding light and shadow or any other distortion. Local color is best seen on a matte surface, due to it not being reflected, and therefore distorted. *** - Local color A cylindrical drawing tool, or paper stump, tapered at the ends and usually made of rolled paper; used by artists to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal. - Tortillian Black, Gray, & White (mixing of complimentary colors) Achromatic means "without color" - Achromatic Colors Any color with value (Not black, gray or white) - Chromatic Colors Engraving a decoration into unfired clay - Incising An essential technique in the field of art because it is a strong foundation for any drawing or painting; it can potentially modify a subjects' form through variation within the lines. Its objective is to capture the life, action, or expression of the subject. - Contour Drawing Parallel lines that converge at a point on the horizon to create depth and volume in a drawing. (Fillipo Brunnelleschi) - Linear Perspective Art that is created or constructed on the site where it is exhibited. Time and Space directly contribute to the viewers experience. - Installation Art A method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces/murals. - Fresco Painting A study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made: compositional elements such as color, line, shape and texture. - Formalism An additive/collage printmaking process in which various materials are applied, or glued, to a surface/plate. - Collography A printmaking process in which the image is incised into a metal surface, typically zinc or copper, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. - Intaglio A technique in drawing that creates the illusion of volume or 3D shape on a two-dimensional surface by shading. - Modeling A setting that controls the length of time light can enter the camera. - Shutter Speed A technique where thick paint is applied in such a way that the surface has texture and shows brush strokes/marks. Stands out from the surface. - Impasto The degree of exposure to light, determines how much light can enter the camera. (Defined by f/8 or f/11, etc) - Aperture A Megapixel is made up of how many pixels - 1 million What lead is the softest and darkest? - 9B The part of a paint brush that holds the hairs onto the handle. Typically metal but sometimes plastic. - Ferrule A printmaking process that creates an image on paper, fabric or some other object by pressing ink through a screen with areas blocked off by a stencil. The technique is used both for making fine art prints and for commercial applications, such as printing a company's logo on coffee mugs or t-shirts. - Serigraphy (Silk Screen/Stencil) Principle in oil painting of applying paint with a higher oil to pigment ratio over paint with a lower oil to pigment ratio to ensure a stable paint film. - Fat Over Lean A relief printmaking process in which the artist cuts away parts of the face of the wood. The raised areas will hold the ink, and what is cut away will be white. (Earliest Printmaking Technique) - Woodcut Similar to a woodcut, but uses linoleum instead of wood. A relief printmaking process. - Linocut A number typically displayed on a print that shows the total number of prints made of that one image is called? - An Edition To print in color, a sequential number of plates need to be used in a process called? - Registration A disk-like printmaking tool used to rub/press ink? - Baren A tempered steel rod, with a V-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal. - Burin A process in which a design is cut into the plate by driving furrows with a tool called a burin. - Engraving A metal plate is coated with a material called a ground. The artist then draws his design on the ground with a sharp needle, that cuts through the ground to the metal below. When the plate is put in an acid bath, these exposed areas will be eaten away. - Etching A technique where the sunken lines in metal are produced directly by diamond-hard tools pulled across a plate. The depth of line is controlled by the artist's muscle and experience. - Drypoint An artist who often created engravings? - William Hogarth An artist who often created etchings? - Rembrandt A copper plate is protected by a powdered ground that is melted onto the surface of the plate. It is acid resistant, but covers incompletely, resulting in a grainy surface texture for printmaking. - Aquatint A printing process where the printing surface is flat - Planographic A printmaking technique in which the artist draws directly on a flat stone or specially prepared metal plate (usually with a greasy crayon). The stone is dampened with water, then inked. The ink clings to the greasy crayon marks, but not to the dampened areas. When a piece of paper is pressed against the stone, the ink on the greasy parts is transferred to it. (Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso use this) - Lithograph Eva Hesse uses what design principle in her work? - Repitition A method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away. - Lost-Wax A technique used either on wall decor, or in ceramics, by applying glaze to an unfired ceramic body with two successive layers of contrasting slip; and then in either case SCRATCHING OUT to produce an outline drawing. (Greece Vase Painting) - Sgraffito or Scraffito Layering glue soaked strips of paper on to an armature - Paper-Mache A brownish-orange clay body, commonly used for ceramic sculpture or architectural ornament. From the Italian, meaning "baked earth". Contains Iron. - Terra Cotta