Question 1

What is the chief advantage of acrylic paint over oil paint?

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A)  It dries slower so artists can work more realistically.
B)  It is a quick,immediate process.
C)  It is more expressive.
D)  It is longer-lasting.

Question 2

Where is the focal point in Giotto's Lamentation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the angel closest to the tree
B)  the figure on the far right of the composition
C)  the standing figure on the far left of the composition
D)  Jesus' head

Question 3

Winslow Homer's A Wall,Nassau was made using

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A)  watercolor washes.
B)  synthetic media.
C)  the computer.
D)  oil paint.

Question 4

What is the term used to describe the concept of imitation?

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Question 5

Which of these is not a component of painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  pigment
B)  ground
C)  binder
D)  vanitas

Question 6

What is the difference between buon fresco and fresco secco?

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Question 7

Mummy Portrait of a Man was created using what medium?

Accepted Answer

A)  tempera
B)  fresco
C)  encaustic
D)  gouache

Question 8

Artists can create a sense of luminous materiality in oil painting by brushing thin films of transparent color onto the surface,a process called

Accepted Answer

A)  buon fresco.
B)  glazing.
C)  trompe l'oeil.
D)  staining.

Question 9

The painting process that allows for a continuous blending of tones and hues on the painting surface is called

Accepted Answer

A)  buon fresco.
B)  oil painting.
C)  tempera painting.
D)  watercolor.

Question 10

Illusionism in fresco painting arguably reached its apogee in which work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pozzo's The Glorification of Saint Ignatius
B)  the cave paintings in Ajanta,India
C)  Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling
D)  Raphael's School of Athens

Question 11

Mixed media artists have achieved what important innovation in art?

Accepted Answer

A)  the incorporation of new materials into traditional work
B)  the combination of plastic-based and oil-based paints
C)  the extension of a painting's "space" from two dimensions to three
D)  the representation of the "real" world in two dimensions

Question 12

Choose one example from the chapter and discuss how the artist has used a painting medium as an expressive tool.

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Question 13

What is the substance in paint that holds the particles of pigment together and often defines the characteristics of the various painting media?

Accepted Answer

A)  pumice
B)  binder
C)  ground
D)  support

Question 14

Who painted The Glorification of Saint Ignatius for the Church of Sant' Ignazio in Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fra Angelico
B)  Fra Andrea Pozzo
C)  Michelangelo
D)  Giotto

Question 15

In European fresco painting from the early-Renaissance to the late Baroque,the goal of artists was to

Accepted Answer

A)  create the illusion of real space and realistic figures.
B)  flatten the picture plane.
C)  educate the illiterate masses and create a sense of awe.
D)  tell the story of the life of the Buddha.

Question 16

Watercolor painting is such a spontaneous process that many people think of it as

Accepted Answer

A)  a temporary form of expression.
B)  suitable only for student work.
C)  a tool for sketching.
D)  All of the above.

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