Chapter 2 Flashcards
True of False:
Unless an artist translates his experience into a form that can be perceived, it cannot be shared by other people.
True
True or False:
Art has to exist in some medium to be recognized as such.
True
______ in art refers to the material or means which the artist uses to objectify his feeling or thought: different kinds of arts
Medium
According to medium, the arts are classified into:
- Visual or space arts
- Auditory or time arts
- Combined arts
Two categories of visual or space arts
2D and 3D arts
Those whose mediums can be seen and which occupy space/
Visual or space arts
Painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography are examples of:
Two-dimensional arts
Give examples of three-dimensional arts
sculpture, architecture, landscaping, community planning, industrial design, ceramics, and furniture-making
Those whose mediums can be heard and which are expressed in time
Auditory or time arts
Those whose mediums can be both seen and heard, and which exist in both space and time
Combined arts
True or False:
Because each art work is apprehended as “happening” each requires time in which to occur.
True
True or False:
The artist normally selects materials that he can handle well
True
An artist’s choice of medium is usually influenced by such practical considerations as:
availability of material, use, idea how to communicate it, nature and special characteristics
True or False:
Each medium has inherent limitations. as well as potentials.
True
An artist’s knowledge of his medium and his skill in making it achieve what he wants to it
Technique
True or False:
The making of a piece of sculpture is not the same as the making of a spoon or a cabinet
True
True or False:
Artists are the same from the craftsman
False
True or False:
There is really no such thing as a completely original work of art
True
The process of applying pigment on a smooth surface to secure an interesting arrangement of forms, lines, and colors
Painting
That part of the paint which supplies the color
Pigment
It is mixed with a binder, usually a liquid, that allows the powder to be spread over the flat surface until it dries.
Vehicle
The application of a mixture of hot beeswax, resin, and ground pigment to any porous surface
Encaustic
Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans used encaustic to pain portraits on:
Coffins
Are earth or mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk and egg white
Tempera
A combination of gypsum or chalk and gelatin or glue
Gesso
The application of earth pigments mixed with water on a plaster wall while the plaster is damp
Fresco
The most famous example of fresco painting
Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo
Last Supper on the refectory wall of the Sta. Maria della Grazie Convent in Milan is painted by:
Leonardo da Vinci
In asia the paintings are executed on dry wall surfaces. Italians call:
Fresco secco
Tempered paint made of pure ground pigment bound with gum arabic
Watercolor
Paint in which the pigment has been mixed with a chalklike material
Gouache
In _____, pigment ground in linseed oil is applied to primed canvas
Oil painting
This is achieved by dabbing lumps of thick paint on the canvas with a knife
Impasto
Synthetic paints using _______ emulsions as binder are the newest medium and popular for today’s painters
Acrylic polymer
It creates pictures on flat surfaces
Mosaic
Mosaic art was an important feature of:
Byzantine churches
The mosaic “Empress of Theodor and her attendants” is can be found in:
San Vitale at Italy
It appeared as an important part of the Gothic cathedral
Stained glass
What church in QC is well-known for its stained glass windows showing scenes of Battle of La Naval?
Sto. Domingo Church
The walls of palaces, castles, and chapels in Europe were decorated in the Middle Ages with hangings called:
Tapestries
Are fabrics into which colored designs have been woven
Tapestries
The most fundamental of all skills needed in the arts
Drawing
Drawing may be a _______ showing the general organization or design of a product being planned
Sketch
The full size work meant to be a basis for some other work like a tapestry or a relief print
Cartoon
One of the oldest materials still in use in drawing
Ink
Usually employed in preliminary sketches
Chalk
Useful in representing broad masses of light and shadow
Charcoal
Pigment bound by wax and compressed intro sticks
Crayons
Popular during the Renaissance. A silver pointed instrument drawn over a sheet of paper prepared beforehand with zinc white
Silverpoint
is a graphic image that results from a duplicating process
Involves cutting away from a block of wood or linò-leum the portions of the design that the artist does not want to show, leaving the design to stand out on the block.
Relief Printing
The principles of printing in ______ are exactly the opposite of those of relief printing.
Intaglio
One of the most highly skilled methods of incising lines into a hard surface.
Engraving
