2.2 Painting

Question 1

Medium (plural media):

Answer 1

the
material on or from which an
artist chooses to make a work of
art, for example canvas and oil
paint, marble, engraving, video,
or architecture

Question 2

Color:

Answer 2

the optical effect caused
when reflected white light of
the spectrum is divided into a
separate wavelength

Question 3

Scale:

Answer 3

the size of an object or
artwork relative to another
object or artwork, or to a system
of measurement

Question 4

Pigment:

Answer 4

the colored material
used in paints. Often made from
finely ground minerals

Question 5

Binder:

Answer 5

a substance that makes

pigments adhere to a surface

Question 6

Renaissance:

Answer 6

a period of
cultural and artistic change in
Europe from the fourteenth to
the seventeenth century

Question 7

Support:

Answer 7

the material on which

painting is done

Question 8

Naturalism (adjective

naturalistic):

Answer 8

a very realistic or

lifelike style of making images

Question 9

Illusionism (adjective

illusionistic):

Answer 9

the artistic skill
or trick of making something
look real

Question 10

Stylized:

Answer 10

art that represents
objects in an exaggerated way
to emphasize certain aspects of
the object

Question 11

Background:

Answer 11

the part of a work
depicted as furthest from the
viewer’s space, often behind the
main subject matter

Question 12

Subject:

Answer 12

the person, object, or

space depicted in a work of art

Question 13

Fresco:

Answer 13

a technique in which
the artist paints onto freshly
applied plaster. From the Italian
fresco, fresh

Question 14

Foreground:

Answer 14

the part of a work

depicted as nearest to the viewer

Question 15

Value:

Answer 15

the lightness or darkness

of a plane or area

Question 16

Luminosity:

Answer 16

a bright, glowing

quality

Question 17

Expressive:

Answer 17

capable of stirring
the emotions of the viewer
Impasto: paint applied in
thick layers

Question 18

Three-dimensional:

Answer 18

having

height, width, and depth

Question 19

Style:

Answer 19

a characteristic way in
which an artist or group of
artists uses visual language to
give a work an identifiable form
of visual expression

Question 20

Baroque:

Answer 20

European artistic and
architectural style of the late
sixteenth to early eighteenth
centuries, characterized by
extravagance and emotional
intensity

Question 21

Opaque:

Answer 21

not transparent

Question 22

Artist’s book:

Answer 22

a book produced
by an artist, usually an expensive
limited edition, often using
specialized printing processes

Question 23

Mask:

Answer 23

in spray painting or
silkscreen printing, a barrier the
shape of which blocks the paint
or ink from passing through

Question 24

Stencil:

Answer 24

a perforated template
allowing ink or paint to pass
through to print a design