Art 109 2nd exam

Characteristics of Encaustic Paint

1. Consists of pigment mixed with wax and resin 2. Heat is an essential component in the painting process 3. Jasper Johns is a contemporary artist known for using encaustic

Characteristics of Fresco

1. Diego Rivera is known for his frescoes 2. Wet Lime functions as a binder 3. Mostly a wall-painting technqiue

Alla Prima

An artist who uses spontaneous less fussy approach to painting can be said to be using the alla prime technique

Last Supper

Famous religon picture undertaken in Milan

Vehicle

In addition to colored powder, paint also consists of a vehicle to hold the powder particles without dissolving them

Wash

Ink that is diluted

Treatise on Painting

Leonardo advised artists to record notes about life in a little book

Andrea del Verrocciho

Leonardo was an apprentice for him

Sculptor

Leonardo worked as one of these

Diego Rivera

Mexican artist renown for this frescoes

Sized

Before it can be used paper must be sized or treated to make it less absorbent

glaze

a thin veil of translucent color

binder

an ingredient that ensures the paint will adhere to the surface

Paper making

been around at least as early as 2nd century BCE. All paper was handmade until the 19th century

impasto

in oil paint a thick texture

Jan Van Eyck

incorrectly attributed as the inventor of the medium

Rapidograph

more recent type of ink pen that produces a fine, even line

gouache

similar to watercolor, but with inert white pigment added, is well suited to large areas of flat saturated water

nib

the part of a pen that conveys ink to the drawing surface

support

the surface onto which paint is applied

Watercolor

used to create small and intense and intimate works because the paints are easy to carry and only require a glass of water

Shared with oil

1. Orignally used on wood panel supports 2. Dries to a tough insoluble film

Unique to Tempera

1. Retains brilliance and clarifies for centuries 2. Uses a egg yolk as a vehicle 3. Dries very quickly making it difficult to blend colors on the canvas

Cartoon

A full sized drawing of an entire project

Picassoq

Braque and Picasso were the first important artisits to employ collage in their works

John Sonsini

Created painting Fernando, Manuel, David using the alla prima technique

water

Drawing ink consists of ultra fine particles of pigment suspended in water

Wangechi Mutu

Employed collage in her Hide and Seek, Kill or Speak by using clippings from magazines

Muslim

Muslim people helped bring the paper making technique to Christian Europe

Rembrandt

One of the greatest draftsmen who ever lived, producing thousands of drawings in his lifetime

Primer

The painting surface is often prepared with a primer (preliminary coating)

Pigment

The powdered color that gives paint its hue

Chinese

The process of making paper was invented by the Chinese

Papyrus

The word paper comes from the Latin word "papyrus" which was made by ancient Egyptians

Matisse

The works Dahlias, Pomegranates, and Palm by Matisse, blur the boundaries between drawing and painting

Louis XII

in 1507 Leonardo was appointed court painter