Chapters 6,7,10 Art Appreciation Study Guide

Define symbol

convey information or ideas for all languages

What technique did Diego Rivera use in his work Mixtec Culture?

fresco technique

Define the term wash

ink dilluted with water and applied with a brush

This 15th century invention made it possible to mass produce posters and notices. Name this invention.

printing press

Define Logo

symbols that represent a company or its product

Pigment is-

the coloring

What is the characteristic of watercolor that sets it apart from other painting media?

transparency

Graphic design as we know it today has its roots in two developments. They are:

travleing communication and technology

In metalpoint, lines are drawn with a silver _____ onto a surface coated with a premliminary coating of paint

wire

Name the ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual independence.

ying yang

Who designed the Campell soup cans in a new subject matter of graphic design

Andy Warhol

Define and give an example of a type of paint which would be considered aqueous or nonaqueous.

Aqueous: media that can be diluted with water. Watercolors are an example of an aqueous medium. Nonaqueous: media that require some diluent. Oil paints are an example of a nonaqueous media; these can be diluted with turpentine or mineral spirits

What are the two contemporary artists who use the technique if collage?

Bearden and Mutu

Define a broken color

Broken Color: the technique of building up layers with different colors on the canvas in a way that allows previous layers to remain visible.

What media did Pettibon use in No Title(Not a single armour...)?

Brush, pen, and ink on paper

Define the term cartoon

Cartoon: work that may be guided by a full-size drawing of the entire project. It's a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural.

What is charcoal?

Charred wood. Varieties include vine and compressed charcoal.

Your book discusses two ancient painting techniques which are still used today. Name those two techniques.

Encaustic, Fresco Secco

Define Gouache

Gouache: watercolor with inert white pigment added. Gouache dries quickly and is especially well suited to large areas of flat saturated color.

What is the most common of all drawing media?

Graphite pencil

Picasso's gestural sketch was done for one of his most famous works. Name the work.

His first sketch was for his great antifacist painting Geurnica.

In oil painting, what acts as the binder?

Historically, the most commonly used oils have been linseed oil, poppyseed oil, and walnut oil.

He is considered one of the leading figures in 20th-century American art. He studied at the Harlem Art Workshop and was one of many prominent artists to work for the W.P.A. during the Great Depression. Who is this African-American artist?

Jacob Lawrence

Define the term mosiac

Mosaic: the technique of creating a design or image by arranging bits of colored ceramic, stone, glass, or other suitable materials, and find them into a bed of cement or plaster.

Who is the American graphic designer who created logos for IBM, UPS, and ABC?

Paul Rand

What technique did Seurat use in Cafe-concert?

Pointillism

What is a tapestry?

Tapestry: refers to a particular weaving technique, and also to the wall hangings made using it.

What culture credited with the invention of paper around 105 C.E?

The Chinese

This artist created a unified alphabet that could be mass produced. Name the artist.

Tolousse-Lautree

Historically, what is used to create the lines in metal point?

Traditional metal point group recipes call for a mixture of bone, ash, glue, and white pigment in water.

Define layout

a designers blueprint for books and magazines and other works

Define collage

a french word for pasting or gluing. it refers to the technique of attaching actual objects to a support

In a pen and ink what part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface?

a pen with a nib attached is used to draw on the surface

Define the term ground

a preliminary coating of paint applied to the surface

Define Illustration

an image created to accompny words

Define the term installation

an installment is a space where art is presented and can be entered, explored, experienced, and reflected on

What is repidograph used for?

architectual drafting

The main difference in the color consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to the use of different--

binders

Picasso and Braque, working side-by-side, glued bits of paper and other objects onto canvas to create:

collages

Binder is-

holds the particles of pigment together

Encaustic was used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Define encaustic.

paints that consist of pigment mixed with wax and resin. The Greek word for "burning in."

What media does Mia Piermen use in her installation inrush?

paper, india ink, paper clips, and tacks

An example of a liquid medium in drawing is

pen and ink

By the 1950s a new synthetic paint, acrylic, would challenge oils as the principle painting medium. What is the exact name for synthetic paints?

polymer paints

Define support

the canvas, paper, wood panel, wall, or other surfaces on which the artists work. The support may be prepared to receive paint with a ground or primer, a preliminary coating.

In buon fresco, or true fresco, the pigment is mixed with water and applied to __________.

wet lime plaster