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Chapter 6 & 7
Living With Art Textbook
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/24/2008

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Pencil

Definition

Graphite or also known as a "lead" this object

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Metal Point
Definition
ancestor of the pencil, thin wire often made of pure silver
Term
What is also known as silverpoint
Definition
metalpoint
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Charcoal
Definition
opposite of metalpoint that makes dark, harsh lines
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Difference between Crayon and Chaulk
Definition

one is non fat and dry

one is fatty and greasy

Term

Pastel

Definition
Most well known chaulk
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Neolithic
Definition
pottery made in this era
Term
No better exercise in art than...
Definition
to take a small part of the natural world and try to draw it in all of it's detail
Term
Reed Pens
Definition
pens hollowed out from plant stems
Term
Quill Pens
Definition
Pens made from the shaft of a wing feather of a bird
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Wash
Definition
ink diluted with water
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Pen and ink
Definition

liquid media

also lines can range from fine to heavy

Term
Brush and Ink
Definition
another liquid media
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Calligraphic
Definition
thick and thin lines
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Gestural
Definition
also thick and thin lines
Term
papyrus
Definition
Latin for paper
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Pigment
Definition

powdered coloring material

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Cartoon
Definition
guided work by a full-size drawing of the entire project
Term
The School of Athens
Definition

painted by Raphel

depicts two Greek Philosophers

Reflects the Golden Age

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Plato
Definition

Greek philosopher 

abstract and metaphysical

seen in The School of Athens

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Aristotle
Definition

earthy and physical

seen in The School of Athens

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Gesso
Definition
mixture of white pigment and glue that sealed the wood and could be sanded and tubbed to a smooth, ivory like finish
Term

Glaze

Definition

a layer of paint, thinned with a medium, so as to become somewhat transparent

Term
Oil
Definition

Color pigments can be easily suspended in

usually made with linseed oil

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Tempera
Definition

both qualities of watercolor and oil paint

can be diluted

dries tough

stays vibrant

Term
Types of Paint
Definition

oil

watercolor

fresco

encaustic

gouache

acrylic

tempera

Term
Watercolor
Definition

Aqueous Medium

pigment in a vehicle of water and gum arabic

Term
Gum Arabic
Definition
sticky plant substance that acts as a binder
Term
Gouache
Definition

watercolor with inert white pigment

virtually colorless

and can hide any ground

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Acrylic Paint
Definition
fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion
Term
Conceptual Art
Definition

art in which the concept involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.

may look different but come from the same idea

Term
Encaustic
Definition

commemorate the dead

pigment mixed with a wax and resin

wax cools

Term

Greek "burning in"

Definition

encaustic

Term
Fresco
Definition
pigments mixed with water and applied to a plaster support mostly mean for walls and ceilings
Term
Fresco Secco
Definition
Italian for Dry Fresco
Term
Buon Fresco
Definition

true fresco

added to wet lime plaster

plaster dries, lime undergoes transformation and acts as a binder, fusing with the pigment

Term
Collage
Definition
French for pasting and gluing
Term
Objects from the real world transposed into art
Definition
collage
Term
Medium
Definition
luquid that holds the particles of pigment together w/o dissolving them
Term
Vehicle
Definition

like medium

liquid that holds the particles of pigment together w/o dissolving them

Term
Binder
Definition
ensures paint even when diluted will adhere to the surface
Term
Ground
Definition
preliminary coating
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Paint
Definition
pigment plus a medium
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Gisalle
Definition
French for gray
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Alla prima
Definition

Italian for all in one go

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Impasto
Definition
italian for paste
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Broken Color
Definition
individual strokes for many different whites and tinted whites as opposed to the single uniform hue
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