art appreciation mid term

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What paint consists of pigment and polymerized resin ?

acrylic

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

Buon Fresco

who is credited with inventing lithography?

alois senefeild

Which are dry media?

Charcoal , pastel, metalpoint

tapestry

an elaborate textile meant to be hung from a wall and featuring images and motifs

serigraphy

image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a fine mesh in which the areas not meant to print have been blocked

T or F. Using the central axis determine if a piece is asymmetrically balanced

FALSE

T or F? Monotype produces multiple impressions of an image from each plate

FALSE

T or F ? The process of wood engraving, which was used to create Jose Guadalupe Posadas skeleton as artisians allows for less detail than woodcut .

FAlSE

silkscreen

image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a fine mesh in which the areas not meant to print have been blocked

What is the most common drawing material encased in wood?

Graphite

When creating a print, the printed image left behind by the matrix is called an

impression

metal point

ancestor to the pencil; thin metal wire mounted in a holder (much like a mechanical pencil; silverpoint is a common form; highlights often added; drawing surface must be prepared with a coating of poster paint or Chinese white (bone dust and glue historically).

relief

anything that projects from a background

wash

ink diluted with water and applied with a brush to give solidity

Why did mezzotint become the preferred printing process for reproducing images of paintings ?

It allowed for the most accurate reproduction of areas of shading

When does an artist know a composition is balanced ?

it looks or feels visually balanced

In what way did industrialization change how paper was made ?

large rolls of paper made at once

cross- hatching

layers that are superimposed with each new layer set an angle to one beneath

How many copies can be produced from one drypoint plate?

limited

Intaglio

lines or areas that will take the ink are incised into the printing plate, rather than raised above it

vehicle

liquid compounded with pigment to make paint

modeling

manipulation of plastic material to create a form ; show effects of light

Engraving shares characteristics similar to what medium ?

Pen and ink

Baroque

art associated with the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church, dramatic use of light, bold colors, and value contrasts, emotionalism, and viewer's space; emphasis on diagonal axis, sculpture, painting, and architecture

How can the principle of rhythm be identified ?

Repetition of elements in a composition

medium

material from which art is made, standard category such as painting or sculpture

visual weight

balance of form within a work of art : heaviness or lightness within composition

calligraphy

beautiful writing ; hand writing considered as an art

the substances that allows drawing media either to be bound together or suspended in fluid is called?

binder

water color

binder is gum

gesso

brilliant white undercoating made of inert pigment such as chalk or plaster and used as ground for paint and tempera

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

cartoon

hatching

closely spaced parallel lines that mix to suggest values ; modeling forms to achieve darker value

ground

coating of paint, usually white to support paint or drawing; acid-resistant coating applied to metal paint

Which principle of design is related primarily to size?

Scale and proportion

What do trained artist do to create composition?

combine experience with an understanding of the elements and principles of design

pigment

combining powered color material

mosaic

creating a design or image by arranging bits of colored ceramic, stone, glass into cement bed

What makes Pepon osorios piece you're never ready unique to printmaking?

creating an installation

Photogravure

method of printing a continuous-tone photographic image

Digital prints use dots to create an image similar to what other printing method ?

mezzotint

Which steps are part of the lithographic process ?

The artist draws on a stone with a greasy crayon The matrix is damped with a wet cloth The matrix is treated with an acid solution

tessera

cubic piece of colored ceramic, stone, or glass used as basic unit

which steps are apart of the lithographic process?

The matrix is damped with a wet cloth The matrix is treated with an acid solution The artist draws on a stone with a greasy crayon

dry point

design is scratched directly into a metal plate with a sharp, pointed tool that is held like a pen; as it cuts the tool raises a rough edge called a burr, which produced a soft line

For paint to be brushed easily on a surface what needs to be done to it?

diluted

Which are intaglio printing processes?

drypoint aquatint

When an artist chooses an area of a composition to highlight or draw attention to, this is called?

emphasis

Asphalt, acid, and needles are all supplies used in what printmaking process ?

etching

what kind of technique is photogravure?

etching

radial balance

everything radiates from the centermost square

symmetrical

forms of composition mirror each other across a central axis which is an imaginary horizontal or vertical line that divides the composition in half

cartoon

full scale preparatory drawing for fresco or mural

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

glaze

Planography

image areas are level with the surface of the printing plane

print

image created from a master wood block, stone, plate, or screen usually on paper; multiples because as a rule many identical or similar impressions are made from the same printing surface

screen printing

image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a fine mesh in which the areas are not meant to print have been blocked

What is the technique of using a brush to apply ink diluted with water to a drawing surface?

Wash

alla prima

"at first"; painting directly in opaque colors, as opposed to layering

________ is fabricated of a durable material that could be used on ceilings walls or floors

mosaic

romanticism

opposition to neoclassicism ; marked by intense colors turbulent emotions, complex composition , soft outlines, and heroic and exotic subjects

design

organization of two dimensional art

tempera

paint in which the pigment is compounded with an aqueous

encaustic

painting medium in which binder is wax which is heated to render the paints fluid

fresco

painting medium in which colors are applied to a plaster ground, usually a wall mural or ceiling

Neoclassicism:

painting, sculpture, and architecture that looked at ancient Greece and Rome; emphasis on order, clarity, and restraint

Which medium is classified as both drawing and painting media ?

pastel

Engraving shares characteristics similar to what medium?

pen and ink

contour lines

perceived edges of a three dimensional form such as the human body

Pastel consist of which items ?

pigment and binder

pastel

pigment bound with a no greasy binder such as a solution of gum Arabic and water

acrylic

plastic resin used as binder for paints

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

powdered pigment

collage

practice of pasting shapes cut from magazines , newspapers, wallpaper or fabric on a surface

registration

precise alignment of impressions made by two or more printing blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper, as when printing an image of several colors

primer

preliminary coating applied to support to improve adhesion

Invented during the 19th century, what was photogravure originally used for?

print photographic reproductions of art

mezzotint

printing plate is roughened with a rocker, which creates a fine pattern of burrs; values are created

aquatint

printmaking method in which areas of tone are created by dusting resin particles on a plate and then allowing acid to bite around the particles

engraving

printmaking method in which lines are cut into a metal plate using a sharp tool, which creates a clean v-shaped channel

etching

printmaking method where design is bitten into the printing plate with acid

lithography

printmaking technique based on the fact that oil and water repel each other

in an engraving, what do deeper impressions made into the matrix do ?

produce darker lines

In the drypoint process, a burr incised into the surface can lead to what outcomes?

produce soft lines hold ink for printing

stop out

protect selected areas of a plate from the bite of acid by coating them with a resistant varnish

What attribute in Petra Cortrights digital image, 007 goldeneye_all characters cheat, categorizes it as a painting ?

qualities and techniques in the work resemble those of a brush

What printing process aligns all the blocks in a multi-block print?

registration

wood engraving

relief printmaking process in which image is cut on the end grain of a wood plank, resulting in white-line impression

linocut

relief printmaking technique in which printing surface is a thick layer of linoleum, mounted on wooden block for support

wood cut

relief printmaking where a block of wood is carved so as to leave the image areas raised from the background

Easel paintings, first became popular during the _____ period.

renaissance

Generally, if there are six colors in the design of a screenprint, how many screens will be used in the production of the final image?

six-screens-one is used for each color

scale

size in relation to a standard or normal size

proportion

size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit

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

small daily batches were mixed by workshop apprentices

binder

substance that allows pigment to be shaped into sticks or to be suspended in fluid and to adhere to a drawing surface

What is the technical tern for the surface artists paint on?

support

matrix

surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface

support

surface on which a work of two-dimensional art is made

If a line is drawn down the center of a composition, and each side corresponds to the other, what does this composition have?

symmetrical balance

mosaic is made up of small particles called

tessarae

glaze

thin layer of color, normally applied over another color, mainly to seal

why is the principle of variety used?

to provide interest in the image

edition

total number of prints made from a given plate or block; size is written on each print, and the prints are individually numbered

Hierarchical Scale:

use of a scale to indicate relative importance

What characteristic does photogravure share with aquatint and mezzotint?

varied range of tone

What are the common themes depicted in many of Howling Wolf's Drawings?

warfare daily life

What is the primary advantage of aquatint ?

wide diversity of tones that can be accomplished

A linocut is most similar to which other printing process?

woodcut


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