ART APP GROUP 2 Flashcards
the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language.
Painting,
is one of the world’s oldest art forms, and studying the pictures of our ancestors has helped art historians discover a wealth of knowledge about our past.
Painting
- The term history painting was introduced in the ______ to describe paintings with subject matter drawn from classical history and mythology, and the Bible
- The term ‘history painting’ was introduced by the _______ in the seventeenth century.
seventeenth century
French Royal Academy
How was painting invented
The History of Painting. Painting emerged in prehistory, when nomadic people made use of paintings on rocky walls.
The first painting was made by ______, believed to have been made by Homo Neanderthalensis in the prehistoric era.
primitive men
It is believed that the first painting, which is also known as _______, was made in shelter, caves, which were used by nomadic people to protect themselves.
Rock Painting or Rock Art
The origin of painting as we know it today, historians believe, that it was born in the ______
Neolithic period.
- ______ is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.
Chinese painting
- ______ is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese arts, encompassing a wide variety of genre and styles.
Japanese painting
______, as an independent form, began around 108 B.C., around the fall of Gojoseon, making it one of the oldest in the world.
- Korean painting
- The history of _______represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity until the present time.
- Initially serving imperial, private, civic, and religious patronage, Western painting later found audiences in the aristocracy and the middle class.
Western painting
During the period before and after European exploration and settlement of the Americas, including North America, Central America, South America and the Islands of the Caribbean, the Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and other island groups, indigenous native cultures produced creative works.
American painting
The depiction of humans, animals or any other figurative subjects is forbidden within Islam to prevent believers from idolatry so there is no religiously motivated painting (or sculpture) tradition within Muslim culture.
Islamic painting
- African traditional culture and tribes do not seem to have great interest in two-dimensional representations in favour of sculpture and relief.
- Decorative painting in African culture is often abstract and geometrical. Another pictorial manifestation is body painting, and face painting
african painting
Basic ingredient of painting
pigment, binder, solvent
Also known as hot wax painting
Involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added
encaustic
Made by mixture with the yolk of fresh eggs
Dries quickly
tempera
Type of wall created with natural pigments and clays mixed with water and spread on fresh plaster.
fresco
pigment is applied and absorbed by the wet plaster
BUON FRESCO (WET)
pigment is not mixed into the wet plaster
secco fresco
Water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment
Designed to be opaque
gouache
painting executed in the medium of synthetic acrylic resins
Dries rapidly
acrylic painting
Most common technique for artistic painting on canvas for several centuries
oil painting
Exposes the visual testing and exploration of subject matter and material before committal to final output.
pre-production
Action of making the desired art, it is the actual painting.
production
the process where the art will then be decided on how it will be expose or publicize.
post production
the first layer of the painting which serves as a base.
underpainting
this is where the artists covers up the base of the painting.
blocking in
the idea emphasize by smooth transitions using the blend paint for its textures.
building up the texture
the method tend to work when applying light paint over dried dark areas, it is useful in depicting rock and grass textures.
dry method
the process of laying a coat of transparent paint over a dry part of the painting, and it’s used for intensifying shadows and modulating colour.
glazing
Mediums are fluids that can be added to paint to modulate its consistency, drying time and texture. Artists tend to use the matte medium mainly to seal my paper or board, so paint doesn’t soak into it.
painting with mediums
