Chaps 9-11 Flashcards
Medium
The process or substance used by an artist
Madonna and Child with Saint and an infant St. John the Baptist
Da Vinci
Cartoon
From Italian “cartone”
Alba Madonna
Raphael, 1510
Pigments
Coloring agents
Binders
Substances that hold pigment together
Metalpoint
A stylist made of gold silver or other metal applied to a sheet of paper prepared with a mixture of powdered bones and gum water. Ex: Raphael “st. Paul rending his garments” & St Luke drawing the virgin
Delineation
A descriptive representation of the thing seen through an outline or contour drawing
Sinopie
Tracings of the outlines of compositions drawn on the wall before the painting of frescoes
Charcoal & chalk example
Georgia O’Keeffe Banana Flower
Graphite example
Vija Clemins “Untitled” ocean
Pastel
Chalk based medium with color pigment and nongreasy binder added to it. Ex: Mary Cassatt, “seated woman” dekoonig
Pen and ink example
Elisabetta Sirani, “The holy family with the kneeling Saint”
Wash medium ex
Giovani Battista Tiepolo “The adoration of the Magi”
Rembrandt “a sleeping woman”
Kai “The poet li bo walking and chanting a poem”
Paper & scissors medium example
Henri Matisse, Venus
Earliest known printed publication
“Diamond Sutra” Tang Dynasty
First book printed with movable type
Gutenberg bible 1450
Nuremberg chronicle
1493 illustrated history of the world, written and visual, 1800 illustrations
A single impression
Impression
Example