Art Appreciation - Chapter 9

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Who painted The Glorification of Saint Ignatius for the Church of Sant' Ignazio in Rome?

Fra Andrea Pozzo

What is the main advantage of using oil paint over other paint media?

It dries slower allowing for more naturalistic development.

Where is the focal point in Giotto's Lamentation?

Jesus' head

What is the binder in "encaustic" painting?

beeswax

What is the substance in paint that holds the particles of pigment together and often defines the characteristics of the various painting media?

binder

Mummy Portrait of a Man was created using what medium?

encaustic

Artists can create a sense of luminous materiality in oil painting by brushing thin films of transparent color onto the surface, a process called

glazing

The Bodhisattva, painted with the technique of fresco secco, is remarkable because

it is so well-preserved since it was painted in such a dry environment

Antonio Lopez Garcia's New Refrigerator may seem like odd subject matter for a painting, but it actually falls within a long line of which of these artistic traditions?

still-life

Painting was largely considered a craft, lesser than other "arts" like poetry and music, until

the Renaissance


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