Exam 8: Painting

What advantages does canvas have over wood as a painting surface?

The traditional composition of tempera,rarely used today,consisted of __________.

In both tempera and oil painting,the surface of the wood or canvas is covered with a ground of powdered chalk or plaster and animal glue known as __________.

Master graffiti artists almost always add "tags" to their artworks,which are __________.

Discuss the cultural tensions symbolized in Roger Shimomura's Untitled painting.

Gilbert Stuart's eighteenth-century traditional portrait George Washington achieves a realistic likeness largely through __________.

Describe the process of buon fresco.

What are the advantages and limitations of working in tempera?

True fresco,or __________,is executed on  __________.

The transition to oil paint in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries was gradual.For many years,it was only used for __________ in order to give the paintings a high sheen.

What are the advantages of painting with oils?

List seven commonly used paint vehicles.

__________ was the exclusive painting medium of artists during the medieval era.

__________ is a mixture of pigment and a plastic vehicle that can be thinned with water.

When a painter's oil paint becomes too thick,he has to thin it with a __________.