Exam 12: Painting

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

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

Match the painting with its medium: -Hung Liu,Interregnum

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

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?

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

Match the painting with its medium: -Albrecht Dürer,Hare

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

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

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

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

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 brush called a Filbert is best used for ________.

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.

Match the painting with its medium: -Michelangelo,The Libyan Sibyl

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

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

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

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

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