Exam 12: Painting

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

Match the painting with its medium: -Riza Abbasi,Two Lovers

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

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

Match the painting with its medium: -Roger Shimomura,Untitled

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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