chapter 2 lesson 1 Flashcards
An —- is dedicated only to the creative side, making visually
pleasing work only for the enjoyment and appreciation of the viewer,
but with no functional value. (ex. painter, writer, musicians etc.)
ARTIST
An —– is essentially a manual worker who makes items with
his/her hands, and who through skill, experience and talent can create
things of great beauty as well as being functional. (ex. carpenter,
weaver, embroider etc.)
ARTISAN
Fine artists work with paint,
watercolor, pen, ink, or
illustrations
ARTIST
focus on creating aesthetically
pleasing works
ARTIST
The work of an artists tends to
be shown in museums or
galleries
ARTIST
craft work like
jewelry, glasswork, pottery, or
other functional product.
Artisans
focuses on accessorizing
functionality more than
aesthetics.
Artisans
Their crafts are displayed
in fair, shops and in malls.
Artisans’
- is a material used by an
artist to express his/her
feelings or thoughts.
Ex. Clay, paint, crayon, ink
, etc.
Medium
*is a matter in which the artist
controls his medium to achieve
the desired effect and the ability
which fulfills the technical
requirements of his particular
work of art.
Technique
Techniques of Artist
- Encaustic
- Fresco Secco
- Fresco
- Egg Tempera
- Mosaic
- Oil paint
- Water color
- Acrylic
- Collage
- Drawing
- Print making
- The medium for the powdered color is hot wax which is painted onto a
wood surface with a brush. - It is then smoothed with a metal instrument resembling a spoon, and
then blended and set over a flame to soften and set the colors into
wood. - This method produces durable colors and permits sculptural modeling
of the paint surface.
- Encaustic
The — are among the
most famous examples of ancient encaustic
painting.
Fayum Mummy Portraits
Created between the 1st and 3rd centuries in Egypt, these portraits were painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified bodies.
Fayum Mummy Portraits
In the dry plaster or —–
technique, pigments are usually mixed
with water, although other substances
might also be used.
fresco “secco”
Advantage of the technique are that the
painting can be done more slowly and
carefully, and changes can be made
simply by over-painting, since colors are
opaque.
Fresco Secco
This is also known as “Buon Fresco” or True Fresco, which entails painting on freshly spread, moist plaster.
Fresco
First, layers of plaster are applied to the surface. While the final layer is still
wet, the artist applies the colors, which are earth pigments mixed with
water.
Fresco
example of fresco
- Raphael’s Stanza Mural
- Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
- In this method, the pigment is
mixed with egg yolk or both
the yolk and white of an egg.
Egg Tempera
It is thinned with water and
applied to a gesso ground
(plaster mixed with a binding)
on a panel.
Techniques of Artist
- Egg Tempera
- The design is created by
small pieces of colored
glass, stone, or ceramic
(called Tesserae), embedded
in wet mortar which has
been spread over the surface
to be decorated. An example of mosaic
Mosaic and abanico art mosaic
type of mosaic
WATERCOLOR ART MOSAIC and PAPER MOSAIC
- Prior to the 15th century —–
were thick and hard to control, so
they were initially used only for
utilitarian purposes.
Oil paint