Chapter 2.2: Painting InQuizitive

Which of these artworks was created using tempera?

Tempera -Train with smoke and horse -

Which characteristic technique of oil painting involves the application of paint in thick, textured layers in order to give a three-dimensional presence to an artwork?

impasto

What technique do graffiti artists use to transfer their sprayed designs onto walls as quickly as possible?

stencil

Which binding agent is used in each of these different types of painting medium?

tempera - egg yolk fresco - plaster oil paint - linseed oil acrylic - polymer resin encaustic - beeswax watercolor - gum arabic, honey

Which terms correctly relate to these two pigments?

ultramarine -lapis lazuli -Afghanistan -blue umber -Italy -clay -brown

What is the name of the process in oil painting in which the canvas is painted in a base, often monochrome color as a first step in creating the areas of light and dark value?

underpainting

Arrange these types of paint or painting method in order according to when they were first used, from earliest to most recent.

(in order top to bottom) -spray painting -tempera -fresco -encaustic -oil on canvas -acrylic

How did Judith Baca's mural Danza de la Tierra become a tool for urban regeneration in Dallas?

Aids Regeneration -It may have been painted by community members. -It celebrates Latino culture. NOT -It was sold to a collector for a large amount of money. -Viewers are charged admission, raising funds for the community.

Which of the following are characteristics of the fresco process?

Characteristic of Fresco -pigment binds with plaster -longlasting -brilliant colors Uncharacteristic of Fresco -can only be monochrome -muted colors -easy to do -short-lived -pigment binds with egg yolk -pigment binds with polymer resin

Artists from which of these periods and cultures are particularly associated with fresco painting?

Eras of Fresco Painting -early twentieth-century Mexico -Renaissance Italy -Minoan Crete Eras of Other Types of Painting -early twenty-first-century London -eighteenth-century France -Renaissance Flanders -nineteenth-century Japan

Artists from which of these periods and cultures are particularly associated with tempera painting?

Eras of Tempera Painting -seventeenth-century Persia -ancient Egypt -fourteenth-century Italy -sixth-century Turkey Eras of Other Types of Painting -nineteenth-century Japan -seventeenth-century England -first-century Rome -fifteenth-century Flanders

Encaustic portraits from Roman Egypt are often known by what name?

Fayum portraits

Which paint medium did Artemisia Gentileschi use for this self-portrait, and in what symbolic guise did she represent herself?

Gentileschi's Self-Portrait -the personification of Painting -oil paint Not Gentileschi's Self-Portrait -tempera -acrylic -fresco -a house painter -the Greek goddess Athena -the biblical character Judith

Match the following descriptions with the correct type of underpainting?

Grisaille -black and white -from the French for turning gray -also used for entire artworks Verdaccio -good contrasts for flesh tones -green -from the Italian for green

Which artistic movement particularly benefitted from the new method of transporting and storing oil paint developed by the American artist John G. Rand, and why?

Helped by John G. Rand -Impressionism -It made painting outdoors much easier. Not Helped by John G. Rand -It made paints much cheaper. -Futurism -It made colors much brighter. Pre-Raphaelites

An American artist was one of the first leading female practitioners of mixed-media painting. Who was she?

Jane Frank

Which artist said: "There is no rule for painting al fresco. Every artist may do as he pleases... A painting is a poem and nothing else"?

José Clemente Orozco,

What are the correct names for the various parts of an artist's brush?

Left side (top to bottom) -toe -belly -ferrule -handle Right side (top to bottom) -bristles -heel

Match the type of fresco with its correct definition.

Painting onto set plaster that has been moistened to aid absorbency -fresco secco Painting onto a freshly plastered surface before the plaster sets. -buon fresco

The earliest prehistoric artists used which of the following?

Prehistoric Paint -soil -animal fat -saliva -ash Not Prehistoric Paint -wax -egg -chemical processes

This portrait of a boy is an encaustic work dating from c. 100-150 CE. What other facts can be associated with this work?

Related Facts -It is a funerary object. -It is probably a fairly accurate depiction of an actual person. -It was found in Egypt Unrelated Facts -It portrays a Roman Senator's son. -It is associated with the Colosseum in Rome. -It was placed on a front door.

The main difference between watercolor and gouache is that watercolor is transparent and gouache is opaque.

True

What materials did the American artist Jane Frank use in order to create her mixed-media painting Frazer's Hog Cay #18?

Used in Frazer's Hog Cay #18 -oil paint -sand and stones Not Used in Frazer's Hog Cay #18 -leaves and flowers -encaustic -fresco bird feathers