UNIT THREE - CHAPTER 4 – DRAWING – PGS 72-83

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What does media or medium refer to?

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Artists materials like oil paint or clay.

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What is metal point?

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A thin metal wire in a holder. Although silver was the preferred metal, other metals including lead were also used.

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Where was the finest graphite in Europe discovered?

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The finest graphite in Europe was discovered in a mine in Cumberland, England.

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What is the difference between metal point and graphite?

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While metalpoint produces delicate lines that are fairly light, graphite is able to make similar lines and bold, dark, dramatic ones.

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Why were graphite pencils first made?

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Graphite pencils were first created when the splendid English graphite was in short supply on the European continent during a war in the 1750’s (in fact it was considered so valuable there was concern about an invasion of graphite-deprived French artists).

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How were graphite pencils made?

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Graphite was ground into a powder and compressed into rods. The rods were slipped into wood cylinders, usually cedar.

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Why are the graphite pencils used today more than the sticks?

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The pencils are less messy and easily erased.

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What is the media used in Egon Schiele’s Self-portrait with Nude Model before Mirror?

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Pencil on brown paper

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Why was Michelangelo hiding in a secret room in the Medici Chapel?

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Imperial troops were hunting him because he had supported the recently crushed republic in Florence.

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What was unique about the secret room that Michelangelo hid in?

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its walls were covered in charcoal and chalk drawings.