Chapter 7 Art Appreciation

Painting media diluted with water

Painting media that need to be diluted with something other than water

A substance in paints that causes particles of pigment to adhere to one another and to a support

A liquid compounded with pigment to make paint, often acting as a binder

A preliminary coating applied to a painting support to improve adhesion of paints

The surface on which a work of two dimensional art is made

Painting medium in which the binder is wax, which is heated to render the paints fluid

A pigment wash is applied to a dry plaster wall

Pigment is applied to a wet plaster wall. Also called true fresco

A full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural

Paint in which the pigment is compounded with an aqueous, emulisfied vehicle such as egg yolk

A brilliant white undercoating made of inert white pigment such as chalk or plaster and used as a ground for paint

Pigment compounded with linseed oil. Became the most popular method of painting for over 500 years

Italian for " all in one go". In oil painting, the technique of completing a painting in a single session, as opposed to building it up slowly over a period of time

In oil painting, a thin, translucent layer of color, generally applied over another color

Italian for "paste". A thick application of paint, typically using paint directly from the tube and a palette knife to apply the paint to a support

A paint medium created with acrylic resin, polymerized through emulsion in water

An elaborate textile meant to be hung from a wall and featuring images and motifs produced by various weaving techniques

In mosaic, a small, usually cubic piece of colored ceramic, stone, or glass used as the basic unit of composition

Watercolor with inert white pigment added to an opaque watercolor paint

A painting medium in which the binder is gum Arabic

The technique of creating a design or image by arranging bits of colored ceramic, stone, glass or other suitable materials and fixing them into a bed of cement or plaster

Considered one of the leading figures in 20th century American art, the painter ____________________________(2) studied at the Harlem Art Workshop

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

Encaustic painting requires the application of a _______________ source close to the surface to fuse the colors on a completed painting

Watercolor's primary characteristic is its ____________________________________

The 20th century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is _____________________________________(2)

The substance which provides the color in paint is known as _____________

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

A _____________________________ paint is one that dissolves in something other than water

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

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

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

Wilfredo Lam in The Jungle explored transparency and opacity in ______________________ medium

The technique of thickly applying layers of paint is known as __________________

Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are ___________________ and fresco

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

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

In fresco painting, a drawing called a _______________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment

A vehicle is the pigment in paint

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watercolor's primary characteristic is its ease of revision

Both Raphael and Michelangelo worked in the medium of fresco

Acrylic is an example of a nonaqueous medium

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a support

Synthetic paints are often referred to as polymer or acrylic paints

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

Wilfredo Lam sometimes includes references to Santeria in his paintings

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

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

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

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