Gateways to Art 2.2

Question 1

Medium (plural media)

Answer 1

the material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art, for example canvas and oil paint, marble, engraving, video, or architecture

Question 2

color

Answer 2

the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength

Question 3

scale

Answer 3

the size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement

Question 4

pigment

Answer 4

the colored material used in paints. Often made from finely ground minerals

Question 5

binder

Answer 5

a substance that makes pigments adhere to a surface

Question 6

Renaissance

Answer 6

a period of culture and artistic change in Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century

Question 7

support

Answer 7

the material on which painting is done

Question 8

Naturalism (adjective naturalistic)

Answer 8

a very realistic or lifelike style of making images

Question 9

Illusionism (adjective illusionistic)

Answer 9

the artistic skill or trick of making something look real

Question 10

stylized

Answer 10

art that represents objects in an exaggerated way to emphasize certain aspects of the object

Question 11

background

Answer 11

the part of a work depicted as furthest from the viewer’s space, often behind the main subject matter

Question 12

subject

Answer 12

the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art

Question 13

Fresco

Answer 13

a technique in which the artist paints onto freshly applied plaster. From the Italian fresco, fresh

Question 14

foreground

Answer 14

the part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer

Question 15

value

Answer 15

the lightness or darkness of a plane or area

Question 16

Luminosity

Answer 16

a bright, glowing quality

Question 17

expressive

Answer 17

capable of stirring the emotions of the viewer

Question 18

Impasto

Answer 18

paint applied in thick layers

Question 19

three-dimensional

Answer 19

having height, width, and depth

Question 20

style

Answer 20

a characteristic way in which an artist or group of artists uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression

Question 21

Baroque

Answer 21

European artistic and architectural style of the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries, characterized by extravangance and emotional intensity

Question 22

opaque

Answer 22

not transparent

Question 23

Artist’s book

Answer 23

a book produced by an artist, usually an expensive limited edition, often using specialized printing processes

Question 24

Mask

Answer 24

in spray painting or silkscreen printing, a barrier the shape of which blocks the paint or ink from passing through

Question 25

stencil

Answer 25

a perforated template allowing ink or paint to pass through to print a design