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Painting & Art History Vocabulary #paintingvocab
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What is paint medium?
Type of paint made with synthetic resin to bind the pigment.
Primes surface for painting, w/o paint soaks into the canvas
mixed with paint to change the body of the paint
a thick layer of paint, applied with either brush or knife
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The term chiaroscuro refers to which of the following effects in painting?
painting in the Egyptain style
The treatment of light and shade developed in Renaissance
method of attaching a canvas to a board
use of value in Japanese painting
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What is gesso?
Type of paint made with synthetic resin to bind the pigment.
Primes surface for painting, w/o paint soaks into the canvas
does not allow light to pass through
a thick layer of paint, applied with either brush or knife
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What are the Realism Movement artists trying to achieve with their art?
to represent subject matter truthfully
Pop culture
doesn't try to represent an accurate depiction of reality
1st paint applied to a surface, to be overpainted
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What element do we see emphasized here?
value
hue
shape
texture
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A solvent is used to...
solve pictorial problems
increase hue
dissolve a substance
add viscosity
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What is a wash?
A painting or carving that has three side-by-side parts.
Artworks having no recognizable subject matter.
A thin, liquid application of paint in watercolor
plan, placement, & arrangement of the subjects in a work.
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What does opaque or opacity mean?
Type of paint made with synthetic resin to bind the pigment.
does not allow light to pass through
a thick layer of paint, applied with either brush or knife
Primes surface for painting, w/o paint soaks into the canvas
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How could an artist use multiple techniques of perspective to produce a landscape painting?
Overlap objects
Foreground darker & background lighter
Foreground objects are larger & background objects smaller
all of the above
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What is pigment?
resin dissolved in solvent that sprayed onto finished work
A quality of lightness & darkness
makes paint stick to a surface
material that adds color in paint
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What is acrylic paint?
Type of paint made with synthetic resin to bind the pigment.
does not allow light to pass through
Primes surface for painting, w/o paint soaks into the canvas
a thick layer of paint, applied with either brush or knife
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What is a binder in paint?
makes paint stick to a surface
fastens a canvas to a frame
adds color
holds bristles in a brush
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What are the Abstract Movement artists trying to achieve with their art?
to represent subject matter truthfully
1st paint applied to a surface, to be overpainted
doesn't try to represent an accurate depiction of reality
Pop culture
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When critiquing a work of art at which step would you discuss the elements of art?
Describe
Interpretation
Judgement
Analysis
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What does nonobjective mean?
A thin, liquid application of paint
plan, placement, & arrangement of the subjects in a work.
A painting or carving that has three side-by-side parts.
Artworks having no recognizable subject matter.
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n the painting Blue Dancers byDegas, what color scheme is most evident?
cool
complementary
neutral
warm
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Mixing a small amount of a colors complement will have the greatest effect on a colors' ...
value
Hue
Intensity
18
D is pointing to?
reflected light
cast shadow
core shadow
reflected light
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What type of perspective is seen here?
atmospheric perspective
linear perspective
foreshortening
asymmetrical balance
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the term value in art refers to
the price of a work
shading
emotional quality
the texture
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What is the composition?
symmetrical
rule of thirds
radial
horizontal
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What color scheme is seen here?
triadic
cool
monochromatic
Analogous
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When using warm & cool colors together, what is the effect to the objects in your painting?
They add contrast.
They intensity the painting.
warm recede & cool advance
Warm advance & cool recede
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What do you do with the elements during the analyze step?
explain what the artist is trying to communicate
use them to explain how the principles are demonstrated
use them to give your opinion of the work
use them to explain the logistics of the artwork
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How can an artist create space in a still life drawing?
All of the Above
Overlapping
Closer Objects in Focus
Shading
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What is underpainting?
doesn't try to represent an accurate depiction of reality
Pop culture
1st paint applied to a surface, to be overpainted
to represent subject matter truthfully
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Alla Prima refers to...
the process of painting wet on wet
the name of Leonardos teacher
the Islamic painting practices
highly refined primer materials
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What is a glaze?
used as a preparatory coat to prepare a painting surface
doesn't try to represent an accurate depiction of reality
stuff on a doughnut
thin layers of paint commonly used in oil painting
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En plein Air refers to
painting directly from nature
a method of fresco painting
keeping your studio free from toxic smells
using a plane tool to prepare a painting surface
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What is impasto?
Primes surface for painting, w/o paint soaks into the canvas
a thick layer of paint, applied with either brush or knife
Type of paint made with synthetic resin to bind the pigment.
does not allow light to pass through
