ART 110 - Chapter 7

What attributes best characterize acrylic paints?

- Applied in heavy layers - Applied in thin translucent washes - Used on a variety of surfaces

Which qualities best describe oil paint?

- Areas can be easily scraped away for revisions - It can be applied in a range of consistencies

Which of the following are modern methods of printmaking?

- Digital printing - Screenprinting

Georgia O'Keeffe uses pastels in what ways for her piece "While Shell with Red?"

- Emphasize the shell using intense color - Use water to lighten particular areas

During the Renaissance, why was mosaic largely abandoned in favor of fresco?

- Frescoes created more naturalistic compositions - Mosaics were considerably more expensive

Why are the motifs in "Mariposa" prepared on pieces of plastic?

- Helps to create a flat surface - Makes it easier to remove the acrylic from

Which statements describe encaustic paintings?

- It is created by mixing pigment with wax and resin - It is named after the Greek word for "burning in"

"Holy Women at the Tomb" by Girolamo dai Libri possess which characteristics associated with tempera?

- Layers of paint to create form - Brilliant colors

What subject matters did Georgia O'Keeffe primarily paint?

- Objects from nature - Desert landscapes

Why were two full sets of "The Battle of Granicus" created?

- One set was used to decorate the walls of the king's royal palace - One set was used as gifts for visiting royals, diplomats, and dignitaries

What influenced the works Jacob Lawrence created?

- Poor black neighborhoods - Personal experiences - Mexican muralists

What are the basic printmaking methods used to create a print?

- Relief - Intaglio - Lithography

How did Lynda Bengalis's "fallen paintings" challenge the traditional boundaries of easel painting?

- The compositions were determined by the unrestrained flow of the paint - They had a three-dimensional sculptural presence - They were detached from the constraints of walls

A work that uses medium other than paint must have what characteristics to be considered a painting?

- The scale and force of a painting - Obvious recognition of painting history and traditions

What steps are involved in the process of making tapestry?

- Warp threads are attached to a loom or similar device - Weft threads are woven or wrapped around certain warp threads

What symbols are referenced in Wifredo Lam's "The Jungle?"

- West African - Roman Catholic

Why did this funeral portrait deviate from the stylized look of Egyptian art? ("Young Woman with a Gold Pectoral")

Egypt was under Roman rule

By making series of paintings within a particular theme, what did Jacob Lawrence accomplish?

Create a narrative

What paint consists of pigment and polymerized resin?

Acrylic

Charles Le Brun depicts a war and what else in "The Battle of Granicus?"

An elaborate border that works as a frame for the scene

What painting technique has the pigment mixed with water, and then applied to wet plaster?

Buon fresco

How is gouache different from watercolor?

Contains inert pigment to make it opaque

The "Mausoleum of Galla Placidia" contains what kind of symbolism?

Early Christian

What inspired Georgia O'Keeffe to use simple forms and compositions?

European modernism

True or False: All paintings use paint as a medium.

False (Recently artists have begun to question the assumption that all paintings must use paint. Thought the works of art they create do not use paint, they are considered paintings when they share attributes of painting.)

"The School of Athens," a painting by the Renaissance artist Raphael that is featured in the Vatican Palace, exemplifies which painting method?

Fresco

What painting technique has the pigment mixed with water, and the applied to dry plaster?

Fresco Secco

Which patron of the arts is thought to have commissioned this mausoleum?

Galla Placidia

In oil paint, a ______________________ is a thin veil of translucent color, achieved by thinning the paint with medium.

Glaze

Petrus Christus most likely used what painting technique with "A Goldsmith in His Shop?"

Glaze

"The Jungle" is able to create visual texture using what method?

Gouache's ability to create transparent and opaque layers of colors

Raphael connects the Golden Age of the Renaissance with what other golden age in School of Athens?

Greece

What feature associated with acrylic makes it desirable for Beatriz Milhazes' piece "Mariposa?"

It dries into a waterproof plastic

When water is added to pastels, what happens?

They thin and can be treated like paint

What artist is known for painting technique of placing canvas on the ground so as to drip or splatter paint from above?

Jackson Pollock

Using collage and encaustic, what artist painted "Numbers in Color?"

Jasper Johns

How does Winslow Homer blend colors in "Key West, Hauling Anchor?"

Layers were washed while the layers were wet

What distinguishes commercial prints from artists' prints?

Mass production

A copper plate, a wood block, and a silk screen are each type of printing _______________________________ that can be pressed against a receiving surface, such as paper, to create an image.

Matrix

An impression is made from what kind of surface?

Matrix

By adding washes while the previous layers are still wet in "Key West, Hauling Anchor," Winslow Homer is able to do what to the colors?

Mix the colors to create subtle transitions

What group of artists began exploring "off the wall" painting techniques that moved beyond traditional easel paintings?

Modern

______________ is fabricated of durable material that could be used on ceilings, walls, or floors.

Mosaic

What usually provides areas of white in a watercolor painting?

Paper

Which medium is classified as both drawing and painting media?

Pastel - Pastels can be drawn with or a liquid used to make it behave like paint

Because Beatriz Milhazes is using the underside of the painted motifs, what is the most important to creating the piece "Mariposa?"

Planning

Easel paintings are ________________, unlike paintings executed on walls, such as frescoes or murals.

Portable

Which statement describes the unique qualities of printmaking as an art form?

Prints can be quickly and inexpensively reproduced to reach a broad public

What attribute in Petra Cortright's digital image, "007 goldeneye_all characters cheat," categorizes it as a painting?

Qualities and techniques in the work resemble those of a brush

The colors use in tempera cannot be blended easily because tempera dries ____________.

Quickly

Easel paintings first became popular during the _________ period.

Renaissance

How does Gerogia O'Keeffe use scale in "White Shell with Red?"

She places emphasis on the form of the shell

Generally, how were tempera paints made during the early Renaissance?

Small daily batches were mixed by workshop apprentices

What weaving technique requires the use of a loom where weft threads are built up in particular area on warp threads?

Tapestry

A paint that combines pigments with a table mixture of an aqueous liquid and either oil, fat, wax, or resin is called _______________________.

Tempera

The artist Jacob Lawrence used ___________ in his series of paintings portraying the Great Migration because he preferred the "raw, sharp, rough" effect of the colors.

Tempera

Georgia O'Keeffe had the goal of communicating what with her painting?

The feelings she had as she viewed an object or landscape

How does the viewer recognize that this is an engaged couple in "A Goldsmith in His Shop?"

The girdle sitting on the counter

Mosaics are similar to pointillism in what way?

The smaller pieces create a larger image

How is a wash created using pastels?

Water

What paint is comprised of pigment and gum arabic?

Watercolor

What is gouache?

Watercolor with inert white pigment added

What is added to pigments when using the encaustic technique?

Wax

Which set of threads on a tapestry creates the image?

Weft