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Chaps 9-11 Flashcards

1
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Medium

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The process or substance used by an artist

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Madonna and Child with Saint and an infant St. John the Baptist

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Da Vinci

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Cartoon

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From Italian “cartone”

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Alba Madonna

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Raphael, 1510

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Pigments

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Coloring agents

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Binders

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Substances that hold pigment together

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Metalpoint

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A stylist made of gold silver or other metal applied to a sheet of paper prepared with a mixture of powdered bones and gum water. Ex: Raphael “st. Paul rending his garments” & St Luke drawing the virgin

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Delineation

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A descriptive representation of the thing seen through an outline or contour drawing

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Sinopie

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Tracings of the outlines of compositions drawn on the wall before the painting of frescoes

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Charcoal & chalk example

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Georgia O’Keeffe Banana Flower

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Graphite example

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Vija Clemins “Untitled” ocean

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Pastel

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Chalk based medium with color pigment and nongreasy binder added to it. Ex: Mary Cassatt, “seated woman” dekoonig

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Pen and ink example

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Elisabetta Sirani, “The holy family with the kneeling Saint”

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Wash medium ex

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Giovani Battista Tiepolo “The adoration of the Magi”
Rembrandt “a sleeping woman”
Kai “The poet li bo walking and chanting a poem”

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15
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Paper & scissors medium example

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Henri Matisse, Venus

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Earliest known printed publication

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“Diamond Sutra” Tang Dynasty

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First book printed with movable type

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Gutenberg bible 1450

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Nuremberg chronicle

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1493 illustrated history of the world, written and visual, 1800 illustrations

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Print

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A single impression

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Impression

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Example

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Matrix

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Surface upon which the design has been created

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Edition

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Multiple impressions made on paper from the same matrix

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Proofs

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Trial impressions made before the final addition is run

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Relief

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Any printmaking process in which the image to be printed is raised off the background in reverse (stamp/woodcut). Yin Yang, Harunobu

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Wood engraving

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Powell, noonday rest in marble Canyon 1875

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Linocut

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Similar to woodcut except the block is made of linoleum. Ex: the tube train Power 1934

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Registration

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Alignment of different blocks of colors

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Intaglio

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Printing in negative spaces, what is carved into a plate

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Engraving

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Dürer: “Adam and Eve” 1504

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Etching

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Method involving an acid Bath, ink and print “Stairwell” Dickson 1984

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Difference between engraving and etching

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Etching is much more fluid and free and capable of capturing something of the same sense of immediacy as the sketch

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Lithography

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Painting and drawing on a stone slab

33
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Monotype

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Type of printmaking that uses both a plate and press in the creation of an image. Once it is printed it can never be printed again. Fritz Scholder “Dream Horse”

34
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Silkscreen

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Stencil placed over tightly stretched fabric. Andy Warhol “Marilyn Monroe”

35
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The allegory of painting

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Jean Vermer 1665

36
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Artemisia Gentileschi

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Self-portrait as the allegory of painting 1630

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Pigment

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Powdered color

38
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Solvent

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Thinner for application

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Ground

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Surface primer

40
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Chimabue was a teacher of

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Giotto

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Encaustic painting

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Made by combining pigment with the binder of hot wax, “ Mummy portrait of a man” Egypt 160 & 3 Flags JJ

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Fresco

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Style adapted for wall painting, Pompeii

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Buon fresco

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Pigments apply to wet plaster, lasts longer

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Fresco secco

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Pigments applied to drive plaster, i.e. the last supper, fades more quickly

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Pozzo

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The glorification of Saint Ignatius 1691

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Michaelangelo

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The Lybian Sibyl 1511

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Tempra

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Media made by combining water pigment and egg yolk
Primavera, Botticelli & The Birth of Venus
Andrew Wyeth, Braids 1979

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Oil painting

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Versatile, can be combined
Still Life with Lobster, Jan de Heem
The Annunciation 1425 Tryptic
Richter 1988 Betty

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Watercolor

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Expensive, quick drying. Made by applying pigment suspended in a solution of water and done to dampened paper.
Homer, A Wall Nassaw 1898 and boat scene

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Gouche

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Watercolor mixed with white chalk to create an opaque effect. Jacob Lawrence

51
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Collage

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Bearden, The Dove 1964 (he and Wallalso inspired by Invisible Man book)
Robert Rauschenburg “monogram” goat stuff

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