Deck 5: Painting

Question 1

To create a modeled effect with tempera paint, values need to be built up by _____.

A)painting alla prima
B)laying down small strokes of different values close to one another
C)increasing the amount of water in order to achieve lighter values
D)decreasing the pigment to binder ratio
E)adding more wax

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Encaustic painting uses _____ as a binder.

A)linseed oil
B)wax
C)plaster
D)polymer
E)gum arabic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Thick, stiff paint that creates a raised surface is called _________.

A)glaze
B)wet into wet
C)alla prima
D)impasto
E)encaustic

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The art work of Vik Muniz deviates from traditional painting media in that Muniz _____.

A)doesn't use a paintbrush with his impasto oil paintings
B)paints on shaped canvases
C)uses junk and non-permanent materials, such as food products
D)combines his love for sculpture and painting in using painted plaster
E)works strictly as a performance artist

Question 5

How did John Singer Sargent keep his colors fresh in Venice: La Salute?

A)by using extra pigment in the watercolors
B)by using less water
C)by using brighter paper
D)by applying the watercolors in thin washes
E)by using simultaneous contrast

Question 6

______ are delicate geometric designs made from colored sand by Tibetan Buddhist monks.

A)Mandalas
B)Illuminations
C)Sand designs
D)Gouache
E)Collage

Question 7

Gesso is a white paste that helps to seal a surface and is made of _________.

A)egg yolks and milk
B)animal glue and gypsum
C)lime plaster
D)crushed bone and tree resin
E)crushed lead and linseed oil

Question 8

Gouache is essentially watercolor with ______ added to it.

A)chalk
B)lime water
C)animal glue
D)gesso
E)linseed oil

Question 9

Collage was legitimized as a fine art form by ______.

A)eighteenth-century nuns
B)the Cubists
C)folk artists
D)Tibetan monks
E)Robert Rauschenberg

Question 10

What is NOT true of J.M.W.Tuner's painting Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth?

A)He used the impasto method.
B)He scratched the surface with his brush.
C)He used a wet into wet method.
D)He did "not paint it to be understood."
E)He tried to conceal his hand.

Question 11

Paint is a combination of what two materials?

A)ink and thickener
B)ground and medium
C)dye and minerals
D)pigments and binder
E)oil and water

Question 12

The binder in tempera is usually _______.

A)gum arabic
B)wax
C)linseed oil
D)lime water
E)egg

Question 13

The most permanent painting medium is _________.

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

Question 14

The ground in a painting is the _________.

A)background
B)negative space
C)surface
D)medium
E)glue-like substance

Question 15

The most common support for egg tempera is ________.

A)canvas
B)wood
C)paper
D)plaster
E)fabric

Question 16

Acrylic paint is a relatively new painting medium that ___________.

A)has great adhesive quality and makes an excellent glue
B)can be used on any surface without prepping the surface first
C)can be used with an airbrush when diluted
D)can be used outdoors since it weathers well
E)all of these are correct

Question 17

Watercolors are often used for studies for larger works because ________.

A)they don't last
B)they aren't considered finished, independent works
C)they dry quickly
D)the luminosity is not as brilliant as other painting mediums
E)all of these are correct

Question 18

The word fresco means _______ in Italian.

A)fresh
B)outside
C)fast
D)dry
E)wet

Question 19

Helen Frankenthaler manipulated acrylic paint in the ______ method.

A)impasto
B)airbrush
C)soak and stain
D)alla prima
E)drip and flick

Question 20

The technique of ______ incorporates pasted paper.

A)trompe l'oeil
B)encaustic
C)collage
D)shaped canvases
E)body art

Question 21

After viewing reproductions in the text of different painting techniques, identify your preferred method and evaluate the medium in terms of the pros and cons of working with it.Be sure to include a specific example in your discussion.

Question 22

Identify five materials that could be used as supports for paintings.

Question 23

What are the advantages of working with oil paint? Use a specific work from the text as an example.

Question 24

Compare and contrast an older painting that uses the same painting medium as one made in the twentieth century.

Question 25

Fresco painting can be considered a dangerous way to paint.Why?

Question 26

Explain how Diego Rivera's fresco The Making of a Fresco, Showing the Building of a City shows the strife of working class people.

Question 27

Jasper Johns used encaustic painting in his work The Seasons: Summer.Analyze the effect of encaustic in this work in relation to its subject.

Question 28

Why do Tibetan monks make sand mandalas?

Question 29

Why is fresco painting so permanent?

Question 30

In encaustic painting, what happens when the amount of wax increases?