Ch 7 Art Appreciation Vocab

Considered one of the leading figures in 20th century American art, the painter ______________________ studied at the Harlem Art Workshop.

Jacob Lawrence

Italian Renaissance artists Michelangelo and ______________ were both employed by Pope Julius II to paint frescos.

Raphael

_____________ painting medium, developed after chemists created strong, weatherproof, industrial paints, has challenged the supremacy of oil painting.

acrylic

In fresco painting, a drawing called a __ ________ _ _ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.

cartoon

The painting technique used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome that involves the use of wax is __ ____________ __.

encaustic

A vehicle is the pigment in paint.

false

After building a canvas and before painting it, a painter generally applies a coat of linseed oil.

false

Egg tempera paints are customarily used in the technique of air brushing

false

Impasto is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.

false

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to dry plaster.

false

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a support.

false

Inert white pigment is used in gouache to make the colors transparent.

false

The canvas, paper, wood, wall, or other surfaces on which artists apply paint is known as a vehicle.

false

Traditionally, tempra was used on a glass panel support prepared with gesso.

false

Watercolor's primary characteristic i s its ease of revision.

false

Watercolorists never allow the white surface of the paper to be seen through their paint.

false

Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are encaustic and _ _ _________ __.

fresco

___________ is a mixture of white pigment and glue that seals a support and can be sanded and rubbed to a smooth, ivory like finish.

gesso

Wilfredo Lam in The Jungle explored transparency and opacity in _____________ medium.

gouache

Encaustic painting requires the application of a __________source close to the surface to fuse the colors on a completed painting.

heat

The technique of thickly applying layers of paint is known as _ __________ _.

impasto

A _____________ paint is one that dissolves in something other than water.

nonaqueous

Acrylic is an example of a nonaqueous medium.

oil

__________________ paint dries so slowly that the finished painting may not be completely dry for months.

oil

The substance which provides the color in paint is known as ______________.

pigment

Mosaic is made of small, closely spaced particles called ____________ embedded in a binder such as mortar or cement.

tesserae

Watercolor's primary characteristic is its _______________________.

transparency

Both Raphael and Michelangelo worked in the medium of fresco.

true

By the 1950's, the new synthetic paint, also called acrylic, would challenge oils as the principal painting medium.

true

During the Renaissance tapestry designs were produced as cartoons similar to frescoes.

true

Like many artists of the era, Petrus Christus employed oils, but often painted with them on wooden panels.

true

One of the advantages of oil painting is that it dries very slowly. This allows for the painting to be reworked indefinitely.

true

Synthetic paints are often referred to as polymer or acrylic paints.

true

Traditional Chinese artists used ink sticks and they are perhaps the oldest painting medium in continuous use.

true

Wilfredo Lam sometimes includes references to Santeria in his paintings.

true

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to __ ____ _ plaster.

wet

The 20th century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is ___________________.

Diego Riviera