2.2 Painting Final Review Questions

Why do you think that fresco was chosen as the medium for the political works of the Mexican Muralists? Discuss how the medium plays a role in enhancing the message in works of art. What kind of role do you think art played in the Mexican Revolution?

this type of art was seen as visual poetry

One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.

water

Sonia Delaunay used this medium for her lively illustrations accompanying Blaise Cendrars's poetry in their "simultaneous" artist's book.

watercolor

This painting medium is transparent, applied to a paper surface, and has a gum arabic binder (the French version uses honey.)

watercolor

We have discovered paintings at Pech Merle in France that have been made by artists dating back ________ years.

25,000

Point out the advantages and disadvantages of encaustic painting. What may have been the reasons that this painting medium was preferred by the artists of the Fayum Oasis in Egypt?

advantage - when done correctly the results can be beautiful disadvantage - when not done correctly iy may be flexible and crack

Artists at Pech Merle in France were using paint to create images some 25,000 years ago, and the medium is still popular today. Why do you think paint has continued to be so highly regarded? Support the reasons in your answer with examples.

I think such an old painting but its still high quality and seems to be a zebra in the picture is the reason why it is still popular

This German artist's naturalistic depiction A Young Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting.

albrecht durer

This twentieth-century American painter chose tempera to describe his neighbor's "extraordinary conquest of life" in the work Christina's World.

andrew wyeth

This British artist practices street art using a process that involves stencils and spray paint. Who is this artist?

bansky

The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.

beeswax

The earliest examples of fresco, found at the Palace of Knossos on the Mediterranean island of ________, date to c. 1600-1500 BCE.

crete

Tempera lends itself to high ________ because it is usually applied with a brush in short, thin strokes.

detail

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

egg

An artist paints the US flag using the medium of watercolor, but forgets to do the white stars. To add them to the painting, the artist just needs to use the white watercolor pigment. True or False.

false

Artists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago. True or False.

false

If an artist wanted to create an artwork that he or she could easily alter, and in which he or she could quickly fix any mistakes, buon fresco would be a good method to use. True or False.

false

If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use. True or False.

false

The best surface to paint the medium of encaustic on is fabric. True or False.

false

This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.

false

Naturalistic encaustic portraits of the Roman era, from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt, were created as ________.

funerary adornments

The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of ________ to a painting.

glazing

Islamic and Renaissance artists often used tempera in conjunction with oil and this material, which adds a rich appearance to the work. What material is this?

gold leaf

This painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses a gum arabic binder (chalk added). What is this painting medium?

gouache

This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder.

acrylic

Californian artist Joan Brown used this painting technique, created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface.

impasto

This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied. Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium, and it most often uses only black pigment.

ink

The Renaissance artist and writer Giorgio Vasari credited this Flemish painter with the invention of oil paint. Who is this artist?

jan van eyck

This mural painter involved the entire community when she created Danza de la Tierra at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center. Who is this artist?

judy baca

This painting binder is a by-product of flax production and first came into common use during the late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance.

linseed oil

This Japanese-American artist used acrylic paint to express the relationship between American and Japanese cultures.

roger shimomura

The binding agent in the spotted-horse paintings at Pech Merle is ________.

saliva

This painting technique was used by the prehistoric cave painters of Pech Merle, France, and is still used by contemporary graffiti artists.

spray paint

This Japanese artist exploited the rich, dark value of ink painting to capture the character of a river by moonlight. Who is this Japanese artist?

suzuki shonen

There are two types of fresco. Fresco secco, which means "dry fresco," and this kind, which means "good fresco."

-fresco secco -fresco buon

Graffiti artist Banksy has created many works in public places without permission, but he has also become popular with the public. How do you think these different settings affect the way that viewers react to his artworks? What is it about spray paint that makes its artists thrive on creating works in unexpected places and away from traditional art venues?

Banksy creates work that is accessible to the general public. In creating works that anyone and everyone is able to see, Banksy allows viewers to interact with the art and with the space the art is in. This changes the typical viewer-art perspective from museum to street. I think that the casual-ness of Banksy's art allows viewers to think of it less as academy art and more of it as a break from typical artwork. Banksy uses the streets to make political commentary on social status, wealth, race, etc. In making these comments, he strategically places his work in well-seen places that viewers will notice in passing. Spray paint allows artists to easily carry their medium in their back pocket. It's spraying abilities allow artists to work fast, covering large amounts of surface area quickly. By creating works in unexpected places, artists are bringing art to the forefront of everyone's lives. They are making what is typically overlooked looked at. It is making passerbys lift up their heads and pause to see what is before them.

Taking four years to complete, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method. Who is this artist?

michelangelo

Painting that integrates many different painting media and materials is classified as ________ painting.

mixed media

Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting, a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand.

oil paint

________ can create many different effects, depending on how it is applied. Chinese-born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to separate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum.

oil paint

This painting tool can be used to apply thick encaustic paint.

palette knife

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.

pigment

This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.

pigment