Art 1301 Chapter 7

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.

To what does the term sizing refer?

• priming the ground

• framing a picture

• sealing a support

• stretching a canvas

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

When were acrylic paints developed?

• late eighteenth century

• mid-twentieth century

• mid-nineteenth century

• early twentieth century

Fresco painting was often used for

• murals

• exterior walls.

• framed portraits.

• decorative finishes.