ART 110 - Chapter 7
What attributes best characterize acrylic paints?
- Applied in heavy layers - Applied in thin translucent washes - Used on a variety of surfaces
Which qualities best describe oil paint?
- Areas can be easily scraped away for revisions - It can be applied in a range of consistencies
Which of the following are modern methods of printmaking?
- Digital printing - Screenprinting
Georgia O'Keeffe uses pastels in what ways for her piece "While Shell with Red?"
- Emphasize the shell using intense color - Use water to lighten particular areas
During the Renaissance, why was mosaic largely abandoned in favor of fresco?
- Frescoes created more naturalistic compositions - Mosaics were considerably more expensive
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
Which statements describe encaustic paintings?
- It is created by mixing pigment with wax and resin - It is named after the Greek word for "burning in"
"Holy Women at the Tomb" by Girolamo dai Libri possess which characteristics associated with tempera?
- Layers of paint to create form - Brilliant colors
What subject matters did Georgia O'Keeffe primarily paint?
- Objects from nature - Desert landscapes
Why were two full sets of "The Battle of Granicus" created?
- One set was used to decorate the walls of the king's royal palace - One set was used as gifts for visiting royals, diplomats, and dignitaries
What influenced the works Jacob Lawrence created?
- Poor black neighborhoods - Personal experiences - Mexican muralists
What are the basic printmaking methods used to create a print?
- Relief - Intaglio - Lithography
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
A work that uses medium other than paint must have what characteristics to be considered a painting?
- The scale and force of a painting - Obvious recognition of painting history and traditions
What steps are involved in the process of making tapestry?
- Warp threads are attached to a loom or similar device - Weft threads are woven or wrapped around certain warp threads
What symbols are referenced in Wifredo Lam's "The Jungle?"
- West African - Roman Catholic
Why did this funeral portrait deviate from the stylized look of Egyptian art? ("Young Woman with a Gold Pectoral")
Egypt was under Roman rule
By making series of paintings within a particular theme, what did Jacob Lawrence accomplish?
Create a narrative
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
What painting technique has the pigment mixed with water, and then applied to wet plaster?
Buon fresco
How is gouache different from watercolor?
Contains inert pigment to make it opaque
The "Mausoleum of Galla Placidia" contains what kind of symbolism?
Early Christian
What inspired Georgia O'Keeffe to use simple forms and compositions?
European modernism
True or False: All paintings use paint as a medium.
False (Recently artists have begun to question the assumption that all paintings must use paint. Thought the works of art they create do not use paint, they are considered paintings when they share attributes of painting.)
"The School of Athens," a painting by the Renaissance artist Raphael that is featured in the Vatican Palace, exemplifies which painting method?
Fresco
What painting technique has the pigment mixed with water, and the applied to dry plaster?
Fresco Secco
Which patron of the arts is thought to have commissioned this mausoleum?
Galla Placidia
In oil paint, a ______________________ is a thin veil of translucent color, achieved by thinning the paint with medium.
Glaze
Petrus Christus most likely used what painting technique with "A Goldsmith in His Shop?"
Glaze
"The Jungle" is able to create visual texture using what method?
Gouache's ability to create transparent and opaque layers of colors
Raphael connects the Golden Age of the Renaissance with what other golden age in School of Athens?
Greece
What feature associated with acrylic makes it desirable for Beatriz Milhazes' piece "Mariposa?"
It dries into a waterproof plastic
When water is added to pastels, what happens?
They thin and can be treated like paint
What artist is known for painting technique of placing canvas on the ground so as to drip or splatter paint from above?
Jackson Pollock
Using collage and encaustic, what artist painted "Numbers in Color?"
Jasper Johns
How does Winslow Homer blend colors in "Key West, Hauling Anchor?"
Layers were washed while the layers were wet
What distinguishes commercial prints from artists' prints?
Mass production
A copper plate, a wood block, and a silk screen are each type of printing _______________________________ that can be pressed against a receiving surface, such as paper, to create an image.
Matrix
An impression is made from what kind of surface?
Matrix
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
What group of artists began exploring "off the wall" painting techniques that moved beyond traditional easel paintings?
Modern
______________ is fabricated of durable material that could be used on ceilings, walls, or floors.
Mosaic
What usually provides areas of white in a watercolor painting?
Paper
Which medium is classified as both drawing and painting media?
Pastel - Pastels can be drawn with or a liquid used to make it behave like paint
Because Beatriz Milhazes is using the underside of the painted motifs, what is the most important to creating the piece "Mariposa?"
Planning
Easel paintings are ________________, unlike paintings executed on walls, such as frescoes or murals.
Portable
Which statement describes the unique qualities of printmaking as an art form?
Prints can be quickly and inexpensively reproduced to reach a broad public
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
The colors use in tempera cannot be blended easily because tempera dries ____________.
Quickly
Easel paintings first became popular during the _________ period.
Renaissance
How does Gerogia O'Keeffe use scale in "White Shell with Red?"
She places emphasis on the form of the shell
Generally, how were tempera paints made during the early Renaissance?
Small daily batches were mixed by workshop apprentices
What weaving technique requires the use of a loom where weft threads are built up in particular area on warp threads?
Tapestry
A paint that combines pigments with a table mixture of an aqueous liquid and either oil, fat, wax, or resin is called _______________________.
Tempera
The artist Jacob Lawrence used ___________ in his series of paintings portraying the Great Migration because he preferred the "raw, sharp, rough" effect of the colors.
Tempera
Georgia O'Keeffe had the goal of communicating what with her painting?
The feelings she had as she viewed an object or landscape
How does the viewer recognize that this is an engaged couple in "A Goldsmith in His Shop?"
The girdle sitting on the counter
Mosaics are similar to pointillism in what way?
The smaller pieces create a larger image
How is a wash created using pastels?
Water
What paint is comprised of pigment and gum arabic?
Watercolor
What is gouache?
Watercolor with inert white pigment added
What is added to pigments when using the encaustic technique?
Wax
Which set of threads on a tapestry creates the image?
Weft