Lesson 8: Medium/Technique In The Arts

Question 1

Medium refers to the type of paint used called the “vehicle” and the base or ground to which it is applied

Answer 1

Painting

Question 2

Refers to the type of paint used called the “vehicle” and the base or ground to which it is applied.

Answer 2

Medium

Question 4

What are the Painting Medium?

Answer 4

Acrylic paint
Encaustic
Fresco
Gouache
Magna paint
Oil paint
Pastel
Tempera
Watercolor

Question 5

A medium of pigments suspended in water-based solutions in which the paints are made.

Answer 5

Watercolor

Question 6

A permanent fast-drying painting medium made of colored pigments, typically of glutinous substances such as egg yolk, combined with a water-soluble binder medium.

Answer 6

Tempera

Question 7

A quick-drying paint made of acrylic emulsion pigment.

Answer 7

Acrylic paint

Question 8

A stick-shaped art medium, made of pure powdered pigment and a binder.

Answer 8

Pastel

Question 9

It includes the use of hot bee wax.

Answer 9

Encaustic

Question 10

A type of linseed oil slow-drying paint consisting of the pigment particles suspended in a drying liquid.

Answer 10

Oil paint

Question 11

A mural painting technique done on freshly laid lime plaster or wet lime.

Answer 11

Fresco

Question 12

The fluid or paste then is applied to a surface—typically prepared wood, although canvas and other materials are often used.

Answer 12

Encaustic

Question 13

It is made up of pigments ground by means of solvents in an acrylic resin which are brought into emulsion.

Answer 13

Magna paint

Question 14

One type of water media, paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent, and sometimes additional inert material.

Answer 14

Gouache

Question 15

Sculptors use a variety of materials to create their art.

Answer 15

Sculpture

Question 16

Sculptors use a variety of materials to create their art. These includes:

Answer 16

Hard Materials
Sound
Light

Question 17

Are the most identifiable and common form of sculpture.

Answer 17

Hard Materials

Question 18

It’s the oldest type of sculpture.

Answer 18

Hard Materials

Question 19

Each Sculptural Medium are:

Answer 19

Concrete
Bronze
Clay
Stone
Marble
Granite
Limestone
Wood
Glass
Stainless steel
Aluminium
Gold
Iron
Platinum
Nickel
Silver
Diamond
Titanium
Jade
Ivory
Porcelain
Plastic
Ice
Sand
Found Object

Question 20

Some conceptual artists create sound sculptures which also generates sounds from the three-dimensional structures.

Answer 20

Sound

Question 21

As the works are frequently displayed in art galleries.

Answer 21

Sound installation

Question 22

The Several Famous Artists who are known for their sound sculptures are:

Answer 22

Alexander Calder
Hugh Davies
Nigel Helyer

Question 23

Unique type of medium as they create an optical effect using a different form of light or illumination.

Answer 23

Light

Question 24

Who are the most popular light sculptors?

Answer 24

Olafur Eliasson
Dan Flavin

Question 25

A natural or man-made object that is discovered by an artist and preserved due to an intrinsic value that the artist sees therein.

Answer 25

Found Object

Question 26

A strong, brittle, usually transparent or translucent, sand fusing, and sometimes fast cooling, soda, lime and other ingredients.

Answer 26

Glass

Question 27

A granular substance consisting of finely separated rock particles and minerals.

Answer 27

Sand

Question 28

A steel alloy with at least 11% chromium by mass and at least 1.2% by mass iron.

Answer 28

Stainless steel

Question 29

A brittle and transparent solid or frozen crystalline water

Answer 29

Ice

Question 30

It is Earth's mos common metallic element and most commonly used nonferrous metal.

Answer 30

Aluminum

Question 31

A wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials which are used in a wide variety of applications

Answer 31

Plastic

Question 32

A yellow precious metal, chemical element of atomic number 79, used in particular for jewelry and decoration and to guarantee currency value.

Answer 32

Gold

Question 33

A ceramic material consisting of clay-type materials heated to high temperatures.

Answer 33

Porcelain

Question 34

A silver-gray, lustrous, ductile, malleable metal.

Answer 34

Iron

Question 35

It comprises clay in the form of kaolinite.

Answer 35

Porcelain

Question 36

A dense, malevolent, ductile, highly reactive, useful, silver-white transition metal.

Answer 36

Platinum

Question 37

An ornamental stone, known primarily for its green varieties.

Answer 37

Jade

Question 38

A lustrous silvery-white metal with a subtle golden tinge.

Answer 38

Nickel

Question 39

A lustrous silver-colored, low density and high strength transition metal.

Answer 39

Titanium

Question 40

A smooth, shiny, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits any metal's maximum electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity.

Answer 40

Silver

Question 41

A solid pure carbon with it's crystal-shaped atoms

Answer 41

Diamond

Question 42

A fine, coarse composite material bonded with fluid cement and hardens over time.

Answer 42

Concrete

Question 43

A porous and fibrous tissue found in trees and other woody plant stems and roots.

Answer 43

Wood

Question 44

A sedimentary carbonate rock, mostly made up of skeletal fragments of marine organisms.

Answer 44

Limestone

Question 45

A mainly copper-containing alloy, generally containing 12-12.5% tin and often adding non-metals or metalloids.

Answer 45

Bronze

Question 46

The common type of granular, phaneritic, intrusive felsic igneous rock.

Answer 46

Granite

Question 47

A natural rock or soil substance with small grains that mixes one or more clay minerals with potential traces of quartz, metal oxides and organic matter.

Answer 47

Clay

Question 48

A metamorphic rock consisting of minerals of recrystallized carbonate most often calcite or dolomite.

Answer 48

Marble

Question 49

The hard, solid substance found in the soil which is often used for construction.

Answer 49

Stone

Question 50

It uses building materials as their tool through building construction and other physical structures.

Answer 50

Architect

Question 52

Is the approach, method or process used to create a work using a material or medium.

Answer 52

Technique