Chapter 3: Media

Question 1

support

Answer 1

The material that underlies the work. For example paper can be the support for drawing, photography and painting. An armature can be a support for a clay sculpture.

Question 2

pencil

Answer 2

graphite rod in a metal or wood holder

Question 3

charcoal

Answer 3

carbon stick created from burnt wood

Question 4

chalk and pastels

Answer 4

materials held together by wax or glue and shaped into sticks

Question 5

silverpoint

Answer 5

drawing produced by thin stylus made of silver that leaves marks on paper or wood coated with layers of gesso as a ground

Question 6

ground

Answer 6

a fluid brushed onto a support to change the surface quality and usually seal the surface

Question 7

gesso

Answer 7

a common ground made of very fine powdered white chalk suspended in glue or ann acrylic medium

Question 8

printmaking

Answer 8

a process of making multiple artworks or impressions usually on paper, using a printing plate, woodblock, stone or stencil.

Question 9

relief printing

Answer 9

non-printing areas are cut away from a smooth surface, so that the areas to be printed are left higher.

Question 10

intaglio

Answer 10

these prints have fine lines, a high level of detail, and rich, dark tones.

Question 11

drypoint

Answer 11

artist scratches a metal plate with a thin, pointed tool called a burin, or a graver.

Question 12

engraving

Answer 12

entails cutting or incising lines into a laminated woodblock or a polished metal plate. Thh ink is rubbed into the recessed lines, and the block or plate is put through the press

Question 13

etching

Answer 13

a metal plate is coated with a sticky protective ground, into which the artist scratches a design.

Question 14

aquatint

Answer 14

a process related to etching used to create flat tones or softly shifting values

Question 15

lithography

Answer 15

starts with a drawing created with an oily crayonn, pencil or liquid on either a limestone slab or a metal surface.

Question 16

monotype

Answer 16

makes only one impression of an image using either a sheet of metal or plexiglass

Question 17

Photo silk screens

Answer 17

variations on a regular screen printing process. Photographs are used with special chemicals to block the ink in certain areas from being squeezed through to the paper.

Question 18

pigments

Answer 18

intense colors in powder form

Question 19

binder

Answer 19

the substance that holds thhe componnents together once it dries. Include egg yolk, wax, glue, drying oils, acrylic liquid mediums

Question 20

slip

Answer 20

a liquid clay that is usually applied to the vessel before it’s fired.

Question 21

fresco secco

Answer 21

paint is applied to a dry plaster wall

Question 22

buon fresco

Answer 22

aka as true fresco

the plaster on the wall is wet, and wet pigment suspended in water is applied to and soaks into that surface.

Question 23

tempera

Answer 23

consists of pigment mixed with egg yolk

Question 24

watercolors

Answer 24

pigments suspended in a gum arabic binder

Question 25

gouache

Answer 25

watercolor with white chalk

Question 26

glazes

Answer 26

nearly transparent layers of paint that leave a hint of color on the underpainting.

Question 27

alla prima

Answer 27

a technique of painting in a direct style without layers

Question 28

oil paint

Answer 28

Used since the 15th century. Powdered pigments are ground into a slow-drying oil (usually linseed) most often on a support of wood or canvas.

Question 29

acrylic

Answer 29

paint is made with a pigment that has been ground with a synthetic polymer liquid binder that quickly dries into a flexible film and can be applied to almost any support.

Question 30

freestanding

Answer 30

sculptures that can be seen from all sides

Question 31

relief

Answer 31

meant to be seen from only the front with the images raised up from the surface - i.e. a coin

Question 32

site-specific

Answer 32

sculptures designed for a specific space to be exhibited.

Question 33

kinetic sculptures

Answer 33

works that have actual movement or moving parts

Question 34

carving

Answer 34

removing unwanted material to create the form

Question 35

modeling

Answer 35

pushing and pulling of a malleable material (i.e. clay)

Question 36

additive process

Answer 36

building up materials to create the form

Question 37

trompe l’oeil

Answer 37

seems so convincingly real or “fools the eye”

Question 38

cire perdue or lost wax casting

Answer 38

produces hollow metal sculptures with thin walls

Question 39

mixed media

Answer 39

means mixing up the methods and their various media inn a work.

Question 40

ready-mades or found objects

Answer 40

are incorporated into pieces that may be part of a mixed media piece

Question 41

assemblages

Answer 41

Using found objects to create the work

Question 42

fabricated

Answer 42

using industrial processes such as welddinng or nenon lighting

Question 43

performance

Answer 43

live-action event that is staged as an artwork

Question 44

photography

Answer 44

a light sensitive surface is exposed to light through a lens, which creates an image from the environmennt on that surface

Question 45

photomontage

Answer 45

photographs are combined or added to other media to create a new image