unit 3

Question 1

tempera

Answer 1

using egg yolk

Question 2

Encaustic

Answer 2

Using Wax

Question 3

Fresco

Answer 3

-mural (painted on a wall)
-buon fresco: italian for “true fresco” the painting is applied when the plaster is still wet
-fresco secco: italian for “dry fresco” the paint is applied when the plaster has dried

Question 4

oil

Answer 4

turpentine

Question 5

water colour

Answer 5

mixing colour with water

Question 6

mixed media

Answer 6

mixing different types of art

Question 7

braids

Answer 7

-by wyeth
-tempera on canvas
-mimesis= the imitation of of nature

Question 8

mummy portrait of a man

Answer 8

-Egypt
-Encaustic on wood

Question 9

The holy trinity

Answer 9

-massaccio
-trompe l’oeil: “trick the eye”

Question 10

The school of athens

Answer 10

-By Raphael
-located in the Vatican

Question 11

oil painting

Answer 11

pigments that are mixed with a turpentine solvent. A solvent is a thinner.

Question 12

Monk by the sea

Answer 12

-by Friedrich
-“in order to answer life’s big questions, you must go to nature”

Question 13

abbey in an oak forest

Answer 13

-By Friedrich

Question 14

The fighting temeraire

Answer 14

-By Turner
-temeraire: an outdating battleship
-the industrial revolution

Question 15

support

Answer 15

the material/surface that you paint on
(canvas, paneling etc.)

Question 16

The dove

Answer 16

-By Bearden
-mixed media
-collage: a form of mixed media in which found objects (newspaper clippings etc.) are pasted to a canvas

Question 17

Bottle of Suze

Answer 17

-By picasso
-newspaper articles about the upcoming war
-synthetic cubism: using found objects in a compositional arrangement

Question 18

monogram

Answer 18

-By Rauschenburg
-mixed media
-“anything can be art”

Question 19

sculpture

Answer 19

-subtractive process: carving away
-additive process: building upon

Question 20

The dying lioness

Answer 20

-from the assyrian palace
-low relief sculpture: objects are slightly raised from the background

Question 21

pediment

Answer 21

triangle section of a roof that is supported by columns

Question 22

unique forms of continuity in space

Answer 22

-By Boccioni
-In-The-Round sculpture: work that is meant to be seen from all angles
-futuristic/anti-past

Question 23

contrapposto

Answer 23

“counter balance”: weight shifting stance

Question 24

david

Answer 24

-By Michelangelo
-david= the shepherd who killed Goliath
-the underdog
-before the fight

Question 25

Laocoon and his sons

Answer 25

-unknown artist
-the story of the trojan horse

Question 26

ceramics

Answer 26

-sculptures made of clay and then fired in a kin at 1200 degrees f

Question 27

lost wax method

Answer 27

-molten wax is poured into a clay mold. wax is removed then molten bronze is poured in its place.

Question 28

burghers of calais

Answer 28

-By rodin
-burghers= peasants
-calais= french port city
-“anyone can be a hero”

Question 29

mother and child divided

Answer 29

-By Hirst
-installation: sculpture placed indoors to alter our perception of the work and it’s environment
-a lot of his art deals with the cycle of life

Question 30

for the love of god skull

Answer 30

by Hirst

Question 31

assemblage

Answer 31

similar to collage, but with a sculpture rather than painting

Question 32

higher goals

Answer 32

-by Hammons

Question 33

lipstick on caterpillar tracks

Answer 33

-By Oldenburg
-installed at yale
-yale would not allow female students

Question 34

vietnam memorial

Answer 34

-By Maya Lin

Question 35

I like America and America likes me

Answer 35

-By Beuys
-in New York
-performance art: art that includes not only physical space but also the human activity within it
-the artist was a german fighter pilot who was shot down in ww2 and was saved by nomads
-he lived for 7 days with a coyote

Question 36

printmaking

Answer 36

-it started as book illustrations
-a print is a single impression left by one surface design
-after the printing press was invented in 1450, prints became a much cheaper way to distribute images

Question 37

woodcut

Answer 37

a relief to printmaking technique in which lines are carved into a wooden block

Question 38

Prophet

Answer 38

-By Nold

Question 39

The wave

Answer 39

-By Hokusai
-“Man’s role within nature”

Question 40

Linocut

Answer 40

-using a linoleum block rather than wood

Question 41

adam and eve

Answer 41

-By Durer
-Engraving- using a sharp tool (burin) to carve into a metal plate. apply ink over the surface and wipe it clean.

Question 42

rue transnonain

Answer 42

-By Daumier
-lithograph: a polished stone is drawn upon with a greasy material. the surface is moistened and then inked, the ink sticks to the greasy lines

Question 43

marylin monroe

Answer 43

-By Warhol
-Silkscreen: a stencil printmaking process where the image is transferred to paper by forcing it through a screen