Chapter 11 Exam
In the fifteenth century, a painting process was developed that allowed for a continuous blending of tones and hues on the painting surface (p. 227). What was it?
Answer
oil painting
Question 2
In European fresco painting from the early-Renaissance to the late Baroque, the goal of artists was to:
Answer
create the illusion of real space and realistic figures.
Question 3
Paintings that consist of three painted panels, such as The Annunciation [Mérode Altarpiece] by Robert Campin, are called
triptychs.
Question 4
How did Xu Wei, with paintings like Grapes, change traditional Chinese watercolor painting?
Answer
he introduced a more free-forma and expressive style
Question 5
Where is the focal point in Giotto's Lamentation?
Answer
Jesus' head
Question 6
A master of perspective, _______ painted The Glorification of Saint Ignatius for the Church of Sant' Ignazio in Rome.
Answer:
Fra Andrea Pozzo
Question 7
Artists can create a sense of luminous materiality in oil painting (p. 227) by brushing thin films of transparent color onto the surface, a process called:
Answer
glazing.
question 8
Mixed media artists (p. 239) have achieved what important innovation in art?
Answer
the extension of a painting's "space" from two dimensions to three
Question 9
Andrew Wyeth's Braids (p. 227) illustrates the detail the artist is able to achieve using the medium of _______.
Answer
egg tempera
Question 10
Illusionism in fresco painting reaches its apogee in________, perhaps the most famous fresco painting ever produced.
Answer
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling
Question 11
Painting was largely considered a craft, lesser than other "arts" like poetry and music, until:
Answer
the Renaissance.
Question 12
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?
Answer
still-life
Question 13
What is the main advantage of using oil paint over other paint media?
Answer
it dries slower allowing for more naturalistic development
Question 14
When an artist paints with a mixture of watercolor pigment and Chinese white chalk, the process (p. 236) is called:
Answer
gouache.
Question 15
Which of these painting techniques utilize multiple, thin layers of transparent paint to create a sense of luminous materiality?
Answer
glazing
Question 16
With the technique of fresco secco, as illustrated in the Ajanta Buddhist caves, the artist:
Answer
applies the paint into fresh plaster making the painting very durable.
Question 17
Mummy Portrait of a Man was created using _______, a combination of pigment and hot wax.
Answer
encaustic
Question 18
Winslow Homer's A Wall, Nassau was made using:
Answer
watercolor washes.
Question 19
A traditional ground for tempera paintings (p. 223) is ______, a mixture of glue and plaster of Paris or chalk.
Answer
gesso
Question 20
Watercolor painting is such a spontaneous process (p. 234) that many people think of it as:
Answer
a form of drawing.
Question 21
The Bodhisattva painting (p. 220), painted with the technique of fresco secco, which is often very fragile, is remarkable because:
Answer
it is so well-preserved since it was painted in such a dry environment.
Question 22
Painter Helen Frankenthaler (p. 238) moved from staining her canvases with oil to using which painting medium?
Answer
Selected Answer:
acrylic
Question 23
Marcia Gygli King's Springs Upstate is different from traditional painting in that:
Answer
it projects into three-dimensional space.
Question 25
One of the superior aspects of oil paint (pp. 227-228) is that the artist can:
Answer
All of the above.
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