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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why is fresco painting best suited for dry climates?
The fresco dries more quickly.
There is less chance mold growing in the walls.
Painters can work slowly and correct mistakes.
Painters cannot work when it rains.
- 2. Multiple Choice
To what does the term sizing refer?
priming the ground
framing a picture
sealing a support
stretching a canvas
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did Winslow Homer create highlights in Boys Wading?
leaving areas blank and using gouache
adding highlights with encaustic
combining watercolor with oil paint
priming the paper with white gouache
- 4. Multiple Choice
What technique does Yunhee Min use with her acrylic paintings to remove any trace of the artist’s hand?
applying paint by using drip painting
applying paint with a squeegee
applying paint with a fine brush
applying paint with a palette knife
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did Raphael have to do before painting the fresco Assumed Portrait of Francesco Maria delaRovere, detail from the School of Athens?
mix melted beeswax into the colored pigment
make a full-size cartoon for that part of the painting
sketch the entire figure in charcoal on the wall
grind pigments to mix with linseed oil
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was a main reason for the revival of fresco in the twentieth century?
The characteristically bright colors of fresco appealed to the public.
Fresco could be used to decorate public buildings.
There was a renewed interest in classical traditions and subject matter.
The invention of new technologies made fresco painting practical.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What innovation with oil painting did Elizabeth Murray make?
She mixed acrylic with oil paint.
She painted on glass screens.
She based works on everyday subject matters.
She painted on irregular shapes and bolted them together.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The sparkling jewels and luxurious textiles in Madonna and Child with the Chancellor Rolin demonstrate Jan van Eyck’s mastery of which medium?
tempera
acrylic
encaustic
oil paint
- 9. Multiple Choice
When were acrylic paints developed?
late eighteenth century
mid-twentieth century
mid-nineteenth century
early twentieth century
- 10. Multiple Choice
Fresco painting was often used for
murals
exterior walls.
framed portraits.
decorative finishes.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why is rag paper the best support for a watercolor?
It has a high gloss.
It has superior absorbency and longevity.
It can be rolled for storage.
It is very inexpensive.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why can artists achieve both controlled and accidental blending with acrylics?
They can use large brushes.
It is possible to work very slowly and spread the acrylic.
Acrylics can be thinned with oil, which lightens their color.
Water is the vehicle and contributes to translucency.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why can encaustic lend itself to a textured surface?
The drying encaustic attracts dirt.
The drying encaustic retains brushstroke marks.
The pigments create bubbles in encaustic.
Drying encaustic seeps into the support.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What nineteenth-century development made it possible for the Impressionists to paint outside?
tempera
acrylic paints
oil paints in tubes
portable easels
- 15. Multiple Choice
What material gives gouache its distinctive opaque appearance?
egg yolk
synthetic resin
chalk
beeswax
- 16. Multiple Choice
What country has a tradition of black ink watercolor?
China
India
France
Persia
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the term for an oil painting finished in one sitting?
direct painting
airbrushing
trompe l’oeil
glazing
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was one reason Jasper Johns used encaustic in Three Flags?
to create a smooth, glossy surface
to create transparency
to add complex details
to point out that flags and paintings are both colored canvases
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why do graffiti artists favor spray cans and airbrushes?
They can be used to apply paint quickly.
They lack a human touch.
They offer more color options than other media.
They allow for more subtle shading than other media.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is necessary for true fresco?
synthetic resin
plaster
wax
linseed oil
- 21. Multiple Choice
Traditional tempera painting was most successfully executed if the artist had
experience with gouache and oil.
an interest in working spontaneously.
access to canvas and paper supports.
complete preliminary drawings.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is one reason that cave paintings have lasted so long?
natural pigments
lack of light
humidity
dry air
- 23. Multiple Choice
What contributes to the subtle luminosity of tempera paintings?
use of gouache
the use of beeswax
many layers of paint
the oil binder
- 24. Multiple Choice
What innovation did Venetian painters introduce for large oil paintings?
panels covered with cloth
wood panels glued together
gesso on canvas
stretched canvas on wood frames
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which type of paint typically employs egg yolk as a binder?
watercolor
tempera
encaustic
fresco
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