Deck 12: Painting

Question 1

This is not a traditional paint binder.

A) beeswax
B) lye
C) egg yolk
D) gum arabic
E) walnut oil

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.

A) beeswax
B) egg yolk
C) milk casein
D) linseed oil
E) gum arabic

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A brush called a Filbert is best used for ________.

A) sketching and thinned paint application
B) applying color, its short bristles offer more control and softened edges
C) long, fluid strokes and sharp edges
D) controlled detailing and applying areas of color
E) blending slow-drying paint and softening edges

Answer 3

B

Question 4

If an artist wanted to create an artwork that he or she could easily alter,and in which he or she could quickly fix any mistakes,buon fresco would be a good method to use.

Question 5

Taking four years to complete,the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method.

A) Michelangelo
B) Raphael
C) Giotto
D) Leonardo
E) Bronzino

Question 6

This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.

A) casein
B) encaustic
C) fresco
D) tempera
E) oil

Question 7

The best surface to paint the medium of encaustic on is fabric.

Question 8

Artists at Pech Merle in France were using paint to create images some 25,000 years ago,and the medium is still popular today.Why do you think paint has continued to be so highly regarded? Support the reasons in your answer with examples.

Question 9

This painting tool can be used to apply thick encaustic paint.

A) arrezzo
B) airbrush
C) impasto
D) intonaco
E) palette knife

Question 10

There are two types of fresco.Fresco secco,which means "dry fresco," and this kind,which means "good fresco."

A) calabria
B) mezzo
C) unum
D) buon
E) tondo

Question 11

Naturalistic encaustic portraits of the Roman era,from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt,were created as ________.

A) historical records
B) home decorations
C) funerary adornments
D) government identification
E) practice studies

Question 12

Why do you think that fresco was chosen as the medium for the political works of the Mexican Muralists? Discuss how the medium plays a role in enhancing the message in works of art.What kind of role do you think art played in the Mexican Revolution?

Question 13

This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals,soils,vegetable matter,and animal by-products.

A) glaze
B) solvent
C) polymers
D) pigment
E) impasto

Question 14

The earliest examples of fresco,found at the Palace of Knossos on the Mediterranean island of ________,date toc.1600-1500 BCE.

A) Crete
B) Malta
C) Elba
D) Rhodes
E) Sicily

Question 15

Point out the advantages and disadvantages of encaustic painting.What may have been the reasons that this painting medium was preferred by the artists of the Fayum Oasis in Egypt?

Question 16

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

A) egg
B) milk
C) beeswax
D) oil
E) gum arabic

Question 17

We have discovered paintings at Pech Merle in France that have been made by artists dating back ________ years.

A) 25
B) 2,500
C) 250
D) 25,000
E) 250,000

Question 18

The binding agent in the spotted-horse paintings at Pech Merle is ________.

A) saliva
B) egg yolk
C) milk casein
D) linseed oil
E) gum arabic

Question 19

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.

A) pigment
B) glaze
C) impasto
D) beeswax
E) tempera

Question 20

Recent findings,derived from studying the finger lengths from the handprints that surround the spotted horses,have caused researchers to believe that most of the paintings were done by ________.

A) Neanderthal artists
B) male artists
C) female artists
D) spotted horses
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder.

A) acrylic
B) oil
C) encaustic
D) tempera
E) ink

Question 22

One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.

A) turpentine
B) oil
C) water
D) kerosene
E) Dr. Pepper

Question 23

Islamic and Renaissance artists often used tempera in conjunction with oil and this material,which adds a rich appearance to the work.

A) wax
B) gold leaf
C) polished stones
D) marble dust
E) chalk

Question 24

The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of ________ to a painting.

A) sgraffito
B) saturation
C) value
D) luminosity
E) impasto

Question 25

If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene,tempera would be a good medium to use.

Question 26

This German artist's naturalistic depiction A Young Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting.

A) Hung Liu
B) Melchor Peredo
C) Albrecht Dürer
D) Sonia Delaunay
E) Joan Brown

Question 27

This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied.Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium,and it most often uses only black pigment.

A) ink
B) tempera
C) oil
D) acrylic
E) encaustic

Question 28

Sonia Delaunay used this medium for her lively illustrations accompanying Blaise Cendrars's poetry in their "simultaneous" artist's book.

A) oil
B) ink
C) acrylic
D) watercolor
E) fresco

Question 29

This painting medium is transparent,applied to a paper surface,and has a gum arabic binder (the French version uses honey.)

A) watercolor
B) soot ink
C) gall ink
D) bister
E) sepia

Question 30

An artist paints the US flag using the medium of watercolor,but forgets to do the white stars.To add them to the painting,the artist just needs to use the white watercolor pigment.

Question 31

Californian artist Joan Brown used this painting technique,created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface.

A) sgraffito
B) glazing
C) impasto
D) scumbling
E) broken stroke

Question 32

This Japanese artist exploited the rich,dark value of ink painting to capture the character of a river by moonlight.

A) Hung Liu
B) Suzuki Shônen
C) Roger Shimomura
D) Melchor Peredo
E) Albrecht Dürer

Question 33

This painting medium is opaque,applied to a paper surface,and uses a gum arabic binder.

A) soot ink
B) gouache
C) tempera
D) oil
E) acrylic

Question 34

This painting binder is a by-product of flax production and first came into common use during the late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance.

A) beeswax
B) linseed oil
C) gum arabic
D) milk casein
E) egg

Question 35

________ can create many different effects,depending on how it is applied.Chinese-born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to separate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum.

A) oil paint
B) tempera
C) fresco
D) encaustic
E) all of the other answers

Question 36

Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting,a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand.

A) acrylic paint
B) fresco
C) oil paint
D) tempera
E) encaustic

Question 37

Tempera lends itself to high ________ because it is usually applied with a brush in short,thin strokes.

A) impasto
B) color
C) value
D) detail
E) gloss

Question 38

Artists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago.

Question 39

The Renaissance artist and writer Giorgio Vasari credited this Flemish painter with the invention of oil paint.

A) Robert Campin
B) Pieter Bruegel
C) Jan van Eyck
D) Peter Paul Rubens
E) Rembrandt van Rijn

Question 40

This twentieth-century American painter chose tempera to describe his neighbor's "extraordinary conquest of life" in the work Christina's World.

A) Roger Shimomura
B) John Matos
C) Joan Brown
D) Hung Liu
E) Andrew Wyeth

Question 41

Match the painting with its medium:
a.oil
d.tempera
b.watercolor and gouache
e.fresco
c.acrylic
Hung Liu,Interregnum

Question 42

This mural painter involved the entire community when she created Danza de la Tierra at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center:

A) Frida Kahlo
B) Georgia O'Keeffe
C) Judy Baca
D) Joan Brown
E) Jane Frank

Question 43

The work Coalopolis by American artist Ralph M.Larmann utilizes acrylic paint.This medium is derived from modern manufacturing processes and conveys ________.

A) the relationship between economic progress and ecological damage
B) an industrial, menacing landscape
C) twisting clouds of coal soot rising to fill the sky over a fictional town
D) a message of impending environmental disaster
E) all of the answers

Question 44

This painting technique was used by the prehistoric cave painters of Pech Merle,France,and is still used by contemporary graffiti artists.

A) broken stroke
B) scumbling
C) spray paint
D) glazing
E) impasto

Question 45

This British artist practices street art using a process that involves stencils and spray paint.

A) Banksy
B) Mary Cassatt
C) Georges Seurat
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) Edgar Degas

Question 46

This Japanese-American artist used acrylic paint to express the relationship between American and Japanese cultures.

A) Melchor Peredo
B) Hung Liu
C) Suzuki Shônen
D) Riza Abbasi
E) Roger Shimomura

Question 47

Match the painting with its medium:
a.oil
d.tempera
b.watercolor and gouache
e.fresco
c.acrylic
Riza Abbasi,Two Lovers

Question 48

Graffiti artist Banksy has created many works in public places without permission,but he has also become popular with the public.How do you think these different settings affect the way that viewers react to his artworks? What is it about spray paint that makes its artists thrive on creating works in unexpected places and away from traditional art venues?

Question 49

Match the painting with its medium:
a.oil
d.tempera
b.watercolor and gouache
e.fresco
c.acrylic
Michelangelo,The Libyan Sibyl

Question 50

Match the painting with its medium:
a.oil
d.tempera
b.watercolor and gouache
e.fresco
c.acrylic
Roger Shimomura,Untitled

Question 51

Match the painting with its medium:
a.oil
d.tempera
b.watercolor and gouache
e.fresco
c.acrylic
Albrecht Dürer,Hare

Question 52

If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days,blending and making changes,acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.

Question 53

Painting that integrates many different painting media and materials is classified as ________ painting.

A) alternative
B) performance
C) crazy
D) mixed-media
E) time-based