Art Appreciation Test 2

buon fresco

(good fresco) must prepare the wall with plaster...(wet)layers of plaster..

life drawing

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tooth

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history painting

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how photographers presented their work as art

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journee

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recording detail and stopping time

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reed

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drawing

A formal graphical representation of an object containing information based on the drawing type.

calotype

A photographic process in which a positive image is made by shining light through a negative image onto a sheet of sensitized paper.

burin

A pointed tool used for engraving or incising

papyrus

A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.

daguerreotype

An early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre in the 1830s, which required a treated metal plate. This plate was exposed to light, and the chemical reactions on the plate created the first satisfactory photographs.

linseed oil

Common binder for oil paint.

hieroglyphics

Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.

medium

THE MATERIAL ON OR FROM WHICH AN ARTIST CHOOSES TO MAKE A WORK OF ART

aquatint

The image is created in a coating of powdered rosin (tree sap), or spray paint, on the surface of the plate... when heated the rosin melts onto the surface creating a mottled acid resistant barrier into which the design is etched.

cyanotype

Uses paper with iron that develops as blue where exposed to light. Invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842.

collage

a composition created by gluing together fragments of separate materials to form an image.

camera obscura

a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface

pencil

a deposit of solid graphite

font

a group of letterforms designed to have a unified appearance.

stencil

a perforated template allowing ink or paint to pass through to print a design

etching

a process in which a metal plate is covered with an acid resistant coating, into which the artist scratches the design.

photomontage

a single photographic image that combines several seperatee images.

binder

a substance that makes pigments adhere to a surface

rosin

a tree sap

gum arabic

a tree sap binder

gesture drawing

aims to identify and react to the main visual and expressive characteristics of a form. captures the energy of the moment

contour drawing

aims to register the essential qualities of 3d form by rendering the outline...

gouache

an additive (often chalk) in gouche makes the paint opaque

aperture

an opening or hole

brush drawing

ancient chinese did this.. brushes are made of bamboo shaft and either ox, goat, horse, or wolf hair.

photographic silkscreen

andy warhol used this..

wet media

applied with brushes or pens

calligraphy

art of emotive or carefully descriptive hand lettering or handwriting

encaustic

attractively semi transparent paint medium that was used by the ancient geek and romans. mix pigments with hot wax and apply the mixture quickly.

B & H graphite

b is softer/darker h is harder/lighter

engraving

based on careful scoring of a metal plate so that clean gouges are created in the surface

paper

before paper, papyrus was used.. or animal hide..Paper was invented in china by chai pun... made it from pounded or macerated plant fibers.

compressed charcoal

binding agent such as wax is sometimes added

graphite

black form of carbon used in lead pencils

ink painting

commonly used on paper.. painting inks have a binder (often gum arabic) raher than being suspended in water.

paint

composed of pigment suspended in a liquid binder that dries after it has been applied

india ink

contemporary version of carbon ink

fresco secco

dry fresco

tempera

egg tempera

letterforms

form of the letters

dry media

graphite, metalpoint, pastel, crayon, chalk

chalk

has a binding agent and pigment usually// powdered calcium carbonate mixed with gum arabic binder

conte crayon

heavily pigmented crayon sometimes manufactured with graphite

color pencil

higher amounts of wax and pigment than in normal pencils

combination printing

images taken with two different frames printed together side by side

brushes

ink that can be applied with a brush

photojournalism

is the use of photography to tell a news story

visual communication design

is the use of symbols to communicate information and ideas.

carbon ink

made by mixing soot with water and gum.. used in china.. discolors over time... contemporary version is called india ink

photography as art debate

many think that it was just recording reality

silverpoint

metal that leaves a fibers mark on a surface. silver wire set in a wood holder, marking the surface.

pens

modern version of a quill.. with metal nib at the end

portraiture

most popular.. facial.. popular because before they had to paint them

iron gall ink

near permanence, black color. mixture of tannin (from oak trees), iron sulfate, gum arabic, and water.

oil paint

oil adheres to the cloth support.. transparent. can add layers.. can make changes.. doesn't dry quick

impasto

paint applied in thick layers

fresco

painting technique in which the artist paints onto freshly applied plaster

ink

permanent

still life

photographs of a collection of objects in the photographers studio

pastel

pigment combined with gum arabic, wax, or oil.

crayon

pigment combined with wa

acrylic

pigments suspended in an acrylic polymer resin

monoprint/monotype

print tech where the artist means to produce a unique image monotype-prints from a polished plate, glass or metal monoprints-any print process

pmezotint

produces dark rich values. an intaligio printmaking process based on roughening the entire printing to accept ink; the artist smoothes non-image areas.

woodcut

relief prints that use wood

squeegee

screen print-makers scrape this tool over a stencil, inking exposed fabric

quill

shaft of a birds feather, or hollow reed.. carved to a point in which ink is applied

black-and-white vs. color

some artists would hand tint their film to make color photographs before they were invented.

support

stiff backed support needed when using encaustic.. it may crack when cool

watercolor

suspend pigment in water with a sticky binder.. often transparent

landscape

take pictures of the land and its natural features

erasers

used for correction

fixatives

used to set in place the medium

brushes

used to spread encaustic

palette knife

used to spread encaustic

digital photography

uses a digital camera, a computer, and image-editing software to create photographic quality pictures. It blends the art of photography with the technology of computers.

borrowing from painting

using a painting as a background or something.. Reijlander used this

silkscreen

versatile printing process...now days a fine mesh usually made out of nylon...the image area of the screen is open and allows ink to pass through while the rest of the screen is masked off.

vine charcoal

vine branches and is very soft and easily erased

charcoal

vine/compressed.

lithography

writing done on stone...

parchment

writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat

graphic design

the art of improving visual comm design

drypoint

the burin is pulled instead of being pushed like in engraving. leaving a rougher edge...the plate is wiped the ink is caught under the burr.

pigment

the colorant in art materials. often made from finely ground materials

pigment

the colored material used in paints.. often made from finely ground materias

pixels

the smallest amount of visible data in an image.

ground

the surface or background onto which an artist pants

typography

the visual form of printed letters, words and text

glaze

thin layers of color