Full Test Bank Painting Chapter 7 12th Edition

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 7 Painting

1) What twentieth-century master of the fresco technique created the work Mixtec Culture?

A) Diego Rivera

B) Pablo Picasso

C) Georges Braque

D) Frida Kahlo

2) What is pigment in paint?

A) A powdered color

B) A solvent

C) A binder

D) A vehicle

3) Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?

A) Fresco

B) Oil paint

C) Acrylic

D) Watercolor

E) None of these answers are correct.

4) What painting technique, used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, involves the use of wax?

A) Oil paint

B) Acrylic

C) Tempera

D) Encaustic

5) In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to what surface?

A) Dry plaster

B) Stretched canvas

C) Hot beeswax

D) Wet plaster

6) After building a canvas and before painting it, an artist generally applies a(n) ________ to improve adhesion of paints.

A) binder

B) cartoon

C) primer

D) impasto

7) In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.

A) cartoon

B) collage

C) gouache

D) sketch

8) What is the primary characteristic of watercolors?

A) Permanency

B) Ease of revision

C) Transparency

D) Textural qualities

9) What two ancient painting media are still in use today?

A) Acrylics and oils

B) Encaustic and fresco

C) Gouache and oils

D) Acrylics and tempera

10) In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a ________.

A) pigment

B) ground

C) support

D) binder

11) In oil painting, thin veils of translucent color applied over a layer of opaque paint are known as ________.

A) glazes

B) synthetics

C) tesserae

D) gesso

12) What are some advantages of oil painting?

A) The final work is waterproof. 

B) The paint dries very quickly.

C) Colors may be subtlety blended. 

D) Works may be revised indefinitely. 

E) The paint may be applied in a wide range of consistencies. 

13) ________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.

A) Encaustic

B) Impasto

C) Fresco

D) Gouache

14) What medium, invented in the twentieth century, resembles oil paint, but dries very quickly and is far more durable?

A) Gouache

B) Acrylic

C) Tempera

D) Collage

15) Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him?

A) Michelangelo and Raphael

B) Van Gogh and Gauguin

C) Vermeer and Van Eyck

D) Donatello and Titian

16) Mosaic is made of small, closely spaced particles called ________.

A) impasto

B) weaves

C) easels

D) tesserae

Match each characteristic to its associated medium.

A) Used for sketches due to its extemporaneous quality, it carries a sense of intimacy. 

B) Aqueous medium that dries to a tough, insoluble film. Its colors retain their brilliance and clarity for centuries.

C) Colors are locked in through a heating process.

D) Strong, weatherproof, and uses a vehicle of synthetic plastic resins.

E) Aqueous medium applied to a plaster support, usually a wall or ceiling.

17) Tempera

18) Fresco

19) Watercolor

20) Acrylic

21) Encaustic

22) What innovation, as practiced by Jackson Pollock, helped move painting away from the easel? 

A) The canvas was placed on the floor.

B) Acrylic paints were spread around the borders.

C) Computer software was used to digitally alter images.

D) Installations that were meant to be experienced from inside, moment by moment.

23) What type of medium is frequently used in post-Internet art?

A) Tapestry

B) Installation

C) Acrylic

D) Digital software

24) What do you think of the concept of painting without paint? Consider Katharina Grosse's One Floor Up More Highly and Petra Cortright's 007 goldeneye_all characters cheat as examples of this kind of genre. Discuss elements in each of these works that commonly appear in more traditional painted works. 

25) Briefly outline the history of the fresco medium from ancient times through the twentieth century. Select one particular fresco work and explain how, where, and when it was created. Identify the artist and place the work in one of the thematic categories. 

26) Choose a painting medium and explain its characteristics. Select an artist who is known for working primarily in this medium and discuss how the medium seems to meet the needs of the artist's subjects and messages. 

27) Discuss the unique features of the mosaic medium. How is it similar or different to that of painting? Select a mosaic work from the text and describe its function as art. Who is the intended audience? 

28) Consider the work of Georgia O'Keeffe. Explain how the content of her work, White Shell with Red, is expressed or emphasized by the media and techniques used. 

29) Consider Petrus Christus's A Goldsmith in His Shop and Amy Sillman's Nut. These two paintings present two very different styles of oil painting. Analyze the works and the stylistic differences between them. 

30) Consider Wilfredo Lam's The Jungle and Winslow Homer's Key West, Hauling Anchor. These works represent views of nature. Explain how each artist uses the characteristics of his selected medium to express or represent his subject and his view of nature. 

31) Why did Jacob Lawrence prefer the tempera medium? Discuss how the medium influenced his sense of design. Compare his use of tempera to that of Girolamo dai Libri, as seen in his work, Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb.