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What is gouache?

Watercolor with inert white pigment added

Which term describes a preliminary drawing done to scale in preparation for fresco painting?

cartoon

Most museums display ______ paintings.

easel

Look at this image. The School of Athens, a painting by the Renaissance artist Raphael that is featured in the Vatican Palace, exemplifies which painting method?

fresco

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

glaze

Look at this image. Petrus Christus most likely used what painting technique with A Goldsmith in His Shop?

glaze

When acrylics are applied in thick, heavy layers, it is known as ______.

impasto

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

modern

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

planning

When melting the wax for the encaustic method, the artist adds what?

powdered pigment

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

tempera

The small rocks or stones placed in cement close together to create an image, are known as ______.

tesserae

How is a wash created using pastels?

water

What is added to pigments when using the encaustic technique?

wax

Which set of threads on a tapestry creates the image?

weft

Why is a mosaic considered a "painting for eternity?"

They are extremely durable.

When water is added to pastels, what happens?

They thin and can be treated like paint.

When tempera is painted on a wood panel, how is gesso used?

To prepare a surface on to which pigments can be applied

Which characteristics makes watercolor a desirable medium to work with?

Use paper for the support Can be easily transported Create quick sketches

What attributes best describe watercolor paints?

Associated with small intimate works Applied in thin translucent washes

What components are used to create paints?

Binder Pigment Vehicle

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

Brilliant colors Layers of paint to create form

How is gouache is different from watercolor?

Contains inert pigment to make it opaque

What did tempera painting allow Jacob Lawrence to do compared to other media?

Create a large number of paintings for his series quickly

What subject matters did Georgia O'Keeffe primarily paint?

Desert landscapes Objects from nature

The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia contains what kind of symbolism?

Early Christian

Look at this image. Why did this funeral portrait deviate from the stylized look of Egyptian art?

Egypt was under Roman rule.

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

Emphasize the shell using the intense color

Which are ancient painting techniques?

Fresco Encaustic

Look at this image. Which patron of the arts is thought to have commissioned this mausoleum?

Galla Placidia

Look at this image. The Jungle is able to create visual texture using what method?

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

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

What influenced the works Jacob Lawrence created?

His personal experiences Poor black neighborhoods Mexican muralists

Holy Women at the Tomb by Girolamo dai Libri is what type of painting?

Illuminated manuscript

Which qualities best describe oil paint?

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

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

Jasper Johns

Traditional oil paints are diluted with what items?

Mineral spirits Turpentine

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

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

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

Oil paints are considered what kind of medium?

Nonaqueous

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

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

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.

Easel paintings first became popular during the ______ period.

Renaissance

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

Roman Catholic West African

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

She places emphasis on the form of the shell.

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

Tapestry

Look at this image. What best describes the characteristics of watercolor seen in Winslow Homer's painting Key West, Hauling Anchor?

Textured paper with layers of translucent washes

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.

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

The feelings she had as she viewed an object or landscape

Look at this image. How does the viewer recognize that this is an engaged couple in A Goldsmith in His Shop?

The girdle sitting on the counter

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

buon fresco

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

Diego Rivera was commissioned by the Mexican revolutionary government to create what subject matters in his piece Mixtec Culture?

Ancient civilization Mexican people