Deck 7: Painting

Question 1

What is pigment in paint?

A) a powdered color
B) a medium
C) a solvent
D) a binder
E) a vehicle

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The 20th-century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is

A) Raphael.
B) Diego Rivera.
C) Pablo Picasso.
D) Georges Braque.
E) Frida Kahlo.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are

A) acrylics and oils.
B) encaustic and fresco.
C) gouache and oils.
D) collage and acrylics.
E) gouache and fresco.

Question 5

Watercolor's primary characteristic is its

A) permanency.
B) opacity.
C) ease of revision.
D) transparency.
E) textural qualities.

Question 6

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

A) Encaustic
B) Impasto
C) Fresco
D) Gouache
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as

A) a pigment.
B) a ground.
C) a border.
D) a support.
E) a binder.

Question 8

The first acclaimed artist to understand and exploit oil painting was

A) Jan van Eyck.
B) Leonardo da Vinci.
C) Michelangelo.
D) Oskar Kokoschka.
E) Georgia O'Keeffe.

Question 9

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

A) cartoon
B) mosaic
C) collage
D) gouache
E) sketch

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?

A) fresco
B) oil paint
C) acrylic
D) watercolor
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

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

A) dry plaster.
B) stretched canvas.
C) hot beeswax.
D) wet plaster.
E) raw silk.

Question 12

Select three of the painting media discussed in this chapter and briefly describe and explain the qualities and characteristics of each, and the techniques used to apply each. Then discuss a work created in each of the three media you have chosen.

Question 13

By the 1950s, this new synthetic paint would challenge oils as the principal painting medium. What is it?

A) gouache
B) acrylic
C) encaustic
D) tempera
E) collage

Question 14

Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him?

A) Rivera and Kahlo
B) Michelangelo and Raphael
C) Van Gogh and Gauguin
D) Vermeer and Van Eyck
E) Donatello and Titian

Question 15

Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in

A) a pigment.
B) an impasto.
C) a ground.
D) an emulsion.
E) a glaze.

Question 16

A nonaqueous paint is one that

A) is less expensive than most.
B) produces the most brilliant colors.
C) dissolves in water.
D) dissolves in something other than water.
E) is very fast-drying.

Question 17

Traditional Chinese artists used _________ and they are the oldest painting medium in continuous use.

A) watercolor
B) encaustic paint
C) gouche
D) acrylic
E) ink sticks

Question 18

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

A) fresco.
B) linseed oil.
C) primer.
D) a nonaqueous medium.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

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

A) a subtle blending of colors.
B) the painting to be reworked indefinitely.
C) the application of layers of paint on top of one another.
D) an almost infinite range of consistencies.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 20

Picasso and Braque, working side-by-side, glued bits of paper and other objects onto canvas to create

A) mosaics.
B) tapestries.
C) collages.
D) egg tempera.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 21

Consider Van Eyck's Man in a Red Turban and Sonsini's Fernando, Manuel, and David. These two paintings present two very different styles of oil painting. Analyze the works and the stylistic differences between them.

Question 22

Discuss the medium employed in Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold while giving consideration to the historical period and the practice of using this medium. Give examples of the technique the artist used in this painting and how the technique informed the subject matter.

Question 23

Consider Lam's The Jungle and Sargent's Mountain Stream. These works represent views of nature. Explain how each artist uses the characteristics of his selected medium to express or represent his subject, and his view of nature.

Question 24

Choose a painting medium and explain its characteristics. Select an artist who is known for working primarily in one medium and discuss how this medium seems to meet the needs of the artist's subjects and messages.

Question 25

Consider the work of two of the following artists: Sonsini, Sargent, and Mutu. Explain how the content of works by the artists you have selected is expressed or emphasized by the media and techniques used.

Question 26

Briefly outline the history of the fresco medium from ancient times through the 20th century. Select one particular fresco work and explain how, where, and when it was created, who the artist was, and in what thematic categories the work fits.

Question 27

Discuss the classification of collage as a painting medium. Do you agree or disagree with this classification? If you disagree, explain how you would categorize the collage works of Picasso and Braque.