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Of the contemporary artists who are exploring large scale drawings on walls, ( ) specializes in the medium of chalk |
Gary Simmons |
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The work of Sol Le Witt can best be described as |
Conceptual |
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Chris Ofili created Prince among Thieves with Flowers using ( ) as his medium |
Pencil |
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The difference in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to |
The use of different binders |
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What part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface |
The nib |
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Because this 20th century artist dated most of his drawings over the course of his lifetime, we have nearly a complete visual record of his mind at work |
Picasso |
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The style used by George Seurat in Cafe Concert is |
Pointillism |
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The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as |
Pigment |
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The ( ) are credited with the invention of paper around 5 CE |
Chinese |
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The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance is |
Metalpoint |
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Edgar Degas drew a grid over his study of a dancer in order to |
Make the drawing easier to copy |
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Pen and ink was the favorite sketching medium of ( ) one of the greatest draftsmen of the 17th century |
Rembrandt |
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Julie Mehretu's use of the radiograph and translucent mylar intentionally evokes |
Architectural drafting |
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Raymond Pettibon |
Displays his drawings as elements in larger installations |
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In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a |
Binder |
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By the 1950s, this new synthetic paint would challenge oils as the principal painting medium |
Acrylic |
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Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are |
Encaustic and fresco |
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The 20th century master of fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is |
Diego Riviera |
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( ) is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it |
Gouache |
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Pope Julius ll employed with 2 Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him |
Michaelangelo and Raphael |
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A nonaqueous paint is one that |
Dissolves in something other than water |
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In fresco painting a drawing called ( ) is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment |
Cartoon |
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The painting technique used in the 1st century Egypt Greece and Rome that involves the use of wax is called |
Encaustic |
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Considered one of the leading figures in 20th century American art, the painter ( ) studied the Harlem art workshop and was one of many prominent artists to work for the WPA during the Great Depression |
Jacob Lawrence |
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Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium |
Oil paint |
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In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to |
Wet plaster |
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Watercolors primary characteristic is its |
Transparency |
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After building a canvas and before painting it a painter generally applies a coat of |
Primer |
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What is pigment in paint |
Powdered color |
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The first acclaimed artist to understand and exploit oil painting was |
Jan van Eyck |
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The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is |
Lithography |
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A good example of the use of aquatint in creating areas of unmodulated translucent color is the print |
Woman bathing by Mary Cassatt |
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Which is nit one of the 4 basic printmaking processes |
Gouache |
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Serigraphy means literally |
Silk writing |
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What are the 2 main differences between prints and most other forms of art |
Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image |
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Which of the following is not one of the techniques of intaglio printing |
Linocut |
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One of the main differences between the Intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink ( ) the surface of the printing plate |
Lies below |
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In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called |
An impression |
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Albrecht Durer's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
Is a woodcut that faithfully reproduces the drawing |
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In printmaking, a plate or block will be cancelled so that |
No more prints can be made from it |
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A rubber stamp creates what type of print |
Relief |
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Singing their songs was created by |
Elizabeth Catlett |
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Printing impressions on top of one another from separate blocks in order to achieve full color woodcut prints requires careful alignment of the paper known as |
Registration |
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The earliest known woodcut was made in |
China |
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The earliest known printed book contains the earliest surviving woodcut image. The book was made in 9th century CE in |
China |
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Except in the case of ( ) identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking |
Monotypes |
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Which printmaking process did Kathe Kollwitz use to make Death and the Mother |
Lithography |
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Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray |
Mezzotint |
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The idea that a print is made from a matrix has been altered by the use of ( ) to make prints |
An artist quality printer |