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Quiz 11 Painting Media

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________________is the oldest painting media and one of the most difficult to master.

a)

Tempera

b)

Fresco

c)

Oil

d)

Watercolor

2.

_________ is a medium that came to dominate the history of European art.

a)

Fresco

b)

Tempera

c)

Oil

d)

Acrylic

3.

_______ were used as early as ancient Egypt.

(More than one answer)

a)

Tempera

b)

Fresco

c)

Watercolor

d)

Acrylic

4.

Facts about the Sistine Chapel

a)

took Leonardo da Vinci 4 years and 5 months

b)

4 large and 5 smaller Old Testament scenes which are located in the Vatican

c)

the artist had to climb 6 to 7 levels of scaffolding every day, once he fell and broke his arm

d)

over 400 figures on the ceiling

and is the most well know oil painting in the Western World

5.

This was created using ________

a)

tempera

b)

fresco

c)

oil

d)

watercolor

6.

A dry powder that supplies the coloring agent for paint, crayons, chalk and ink.

a)

proof

b)

binder

c)

pigment

d)

plaster

7.

A material substance that holds pigment materials together to form a cohesive whole. Gives paint its properties.

a)

coatings

b)

pigment

c)

media

d)

bonding agent

8.

Watercolor

a)

watercolor was best used as a sketching media and still is

b)

uses gum arabic, a water soluble adhesive, can be used on any type of paper

c)

is mostly opaque, was used as early as Prehistory

d)

became a major painting medium due to an American Artist, Winslow Homer

9.

_______________used egg yolk as the binding agent to stick the colored pigment to wooden panels

a)

Tempera

b)

Fresco

c)

Oil

d)

Watercolor

10.
  1. ______surface first covered with a coat of rough plaster, pigment brushed on while pigment is wet, makes a permanent bond with lime in plaster, no changes can be made once it is dry

a)

Tempera

b)

Fresco

c)

Watercolor

d)

Plaster Painting