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| Since the beginning, painting processes have grown to include: |
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Encaustic
Fresco
Tempera
Oil Painting
Watercolor
Gouche |
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| Pigment is mixed into a hot wax. It is one of the oldest forms of painting media. |
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| Who developed the Encaustic painting technique? |
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| Greeks, Egyptians around 1-500 AD |
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| Pigment is mixed with limewater and applied to a plaster wall. Very durable. |
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| Who were some of the first to use Fresco painting? |
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| Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Italian Renaissance painters. |
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| Buon Fresco is applied to... |
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| It's applied to wet plaster and is also known as "good" or "true" fresco. |
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| Fresco secco is applied to... |
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| Fresco secco or "dry fresco" is applied to dry plaster. This give the artist more time for detail work. |
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| What is a drawback to using Fresco Secco? |
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| It tends to flake off over time. |
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| What was a common use of Fresco paintings of the past? |
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| They were often designed to enhance the indoors and "open" up certain spaces. |
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| During the1920's the Mexican revolutionary government supported a large mural project in which much fresco was used to inform the public about revolutionary history. Who was the artist? |
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| Pigment is mixed with a gummy material. Usually egg yolk. |
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| Made from glue and plaster of Paris or chalk. It's used to prepare the "ground" and is very durable, like Fresco. |
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| Pigments are suspended in water and gum arabic then applied to dampened paper. |
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| Watercolor mixed with white chalk to make it opaque. |
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| Paint made from resins and materials used to make plastics. Very versatile and fast drying. |
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Describe the artist:
Roy Lichtenstein |
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| American Pop artist that painted in a comic book style predominantly with acrylic paint. 1923-1997 |
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| Pigment mixed with linseed oil. Dries very slowly. |
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Describe the artist:
Paul Cezanne |
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Define the painting technique:
Direct Painting |
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| Direct Painting is the application of paint directly on a white surface. The Alla Prima style of painting means the painting is done all at once or in one sitting. |
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Define the painting technique:
Indirect Painting |
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| Indirect Painting is the application of transparent glazes of colored paint onto a grissaille(grey) underpainting. Glaze buildup creates a "luminous" effect. |
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Describe the style of painting:
Gothic Painting |
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| 1200-1400 AD. Figures are stiff, robotic like. Contained unified spaces and told narrative stories. Very somber. Religious. |
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Describe the artist:
Giotto |
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Fresco...~1300 AD..."The Lamentation"
This needs more. |
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| When was the main push of the Renaissance movement? |
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| What was the Renaissance? |
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| The Renaissance was a huge revival of classical learning, invention of perspective, and advancements in the sciences. |
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| Who were some significant artists of the Renaissance? |
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Leonardo de Vinci
Masaccio (aka: Tommaso di Giovanni and Tommaso di Ser Giovanni)
Michelangelo (1508-1512)
Hieronymous Bosch c.1500 "The Garden of Earthly Delights" |
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| What were the top 4 breakthroughs in painting during the Renaissance? |
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Oil n Stretchted Canvas
Perspective
Chiaroscure (The use of light and shadow)
Pyramid configuration to composition |
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Describe the artist:
Masaccio Di S. Giovanni |
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1401-1428 Considered the "Father of the Renaissance".
Painted figures had emotive and expressive qualities. |
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| Who painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights" and when? |
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Hieronymous Bosch
c 1500
Depicts the three earthly realms of heaven, earth, and hell. |
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| What style of painting did Michelangelo use to paint "The Sistine Chapel" and when? |
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| The Sistine Chapel was painted using Fresco in 1508-1512. |
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| The "Venus of Urbino" is considered to be what type of painting? |
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| The "Venus of Urbino" is considered to be a Nude. c~1518 |
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| Describe some characteristic of Baroque. |
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Dramatic, emotional grandeur.
Spiraling, sweeping figures. |
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| What representation is being made in the painting of Judith beheading Holefernes? |
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| The story is an allegory(an emblem or short story) picturing Judith as Judaism in triumph over its pagan enemy. |
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| Describe the painting style Rococo. |
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| Playful, superficial, alive w/energy, ornate. |
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| What are some of the common conventions used in the Rococo style of painting? |
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| Use of S-curves, C-curves, arabesques(), ribbon like scroll. |
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| What types of colors would you expect to see in a Rococo style painting? |
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| Lots of white, silver, gold, light pinks/blues/greens. |
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-Valued Order and Solemnity
-Tone and color are Calm and Rational
-Subjects are mostly Greek and Roman History
-Stressed drawing with lines,-no trace of brushmarks
-Role is to inspire and uplift morally
-Founder is David |
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Valued intuition, emotion, imagination
Colors are unrestrained and deep, rich in shades
Subjects are legends, exotica, nature and violence
Quick brushstrokes, strong light and shade contrasts |
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No idealization or sensationalism
Precise imitation of visual perceptions without alteration
Images of the MODERN world with a social or political message |
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| Daumier was noted for using whom as the subject of his paintings? |
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| He likes to show the working class people in his paintings. |
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| Who were the Pre-Raphaelites? |
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English painters, poets and critics.
Founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and William Holman Hunt. |
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| Describe Pre-Raphailite artwork. |
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| Abundant detail, intense colors, and complex compositions. |
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| What were some of the characteristics of Impressionist/Post Impressionistic art work? |
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Brush strokes were often visible and the composition was open.
Emphasis on changing qualities of light and color. |
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| How would you describe a cubist painting? |
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| Image is broken into small multifaceted areas of paint emphasizing multiple viewpoints. |
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| What was the focus of Dada? |
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| Anti war politic through the use of anti-art. A rejection of art. |
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| How would you describe Readymade art? |
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| Art that uses the everyday, mundane objects and transforms that object through the artist intervention. |
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Pure psychic automatism
Naturalist images outside of reality
Deal with the subconscious and dreams
Was a movement in art, philosophy, literature, etc.
A response to Freud and psychoanalysis. |
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| Abstract Expressionism is also known as? |
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| What is prominently acknowledged in Abstract Expressionism? |
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| The surface of the picture plane is acknowledged. "Paint is Paint, Flat is Flat". |
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| Describe Abstract Expressionism. |
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| Usually nonobjective and expressive. |
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| Name a prominent abstract expressionist. |
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| Which form of art is drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising and comic books? |
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| Name some prominent Pop artists. |
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Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein |
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Rejection of bourgeois, elitist culture.
Contradictory to some aspects of modernism. |
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