Art Appreciation - Chapter 9
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
