Art Material Flashcards
It is used to produce a work; the properties, qualities, capabilities, and limitations of materials shape the final look of a work of visual art.
Art Materials
It is a hue of brown that was named after Sienna, Italy, where it was found.
Sienna
It came from oxidized copper
Green
It came from cinnabar, an ore containing mercury.
Red
It came from lead oxide.
White
It came from rust.
Brown
It was the expensive pigment because it was made from lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone and was sourced only on Afghanistan.
Blue
It is known as royal or imperial purple and was extracted from the murex sea snail.
Tyrian Purple
A decorative cloth, meaning nails, covered the stitches that joined the narrow cloth used to make the tunic.
Clavi
It is a liquid into which the pigment is ground and when dry holds a pigment to a support or the surface being painted.
Binder
2 supports that is used in Philippine-Spanish colonial art for miniatures
- Ivory
2. Copper Sheets
It is used as binder for dyeing textile.
Mordant
3 salts of metals that is used as mordants
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Tin
3 of the oldest media
- Fresco
- Tempera
- Encaustic
It is a water where pigments are suspended and then applied to a wet plaster.
Fresco
It uses egg yolk and water as a binder and its traditional support is a wooden panel covered with a smooth layer of gesso, a mixture of glue, lime, and water.
Tempera
It is where the pigments are mixed with melted beeswax and the mixture is applied to a board or wooden surface.
Encaustic
It uses oil as a binder, usually a linseed oil, walnut oil, and other plant-based oil.
Oil
It is a fine network of cracks by a coat of varnish that is visible upon a close examination because of capturing dust.
Craquelure
These are wash pigments suspended in gum Arabic, a natural glue.
Watercolor Aquarelle