Living With Art chapter 6 – Flashcards
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Which artist is chapter 6 began to date and save all his sketches early in his career?
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Pablo Picasso
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Italian, Vinci, Italy. age 15 apprenticed to Florentine artist Andrea del Verrocchio Milan official artist to Lodovico Sforza, Duke of the Milan Sculptor a dozen paintings hundreds of drawings architect engineer submarine helicopter airplane parachute astronomy anatomy botany geology optics mathematics musician inventive practical jokes court painter King of France Louis XII Never married Mona Lisa 1503-05 The Last Supper1495-1497 Madonna and Child with Saint Anne 1503-1506
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What were probably the first drawings in history?
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cave drawings
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In the Neolithic era, what surface became popular for drawing on?
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fired clay - Greek
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What is papyrus? What is parchment?
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- a paperlike material developed in ancient Egypt that were made from pressed plant stems. -treated animal skins
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What special material did the ancient Chinese people draw on?
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silk
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In what country was paper invented? When?
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China 105 C.E.
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How is paper made?
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made from plant fibers beaten to a pulp mixed with water,then spread in a thin layer over a fine mesh surface and left to dry, molded dipped in a vat, lifted out.
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How did the knowledge of making paper spread to Europe? When did papermaking start to flourish in Italy?
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Christians under Muslium rule as in Spain, Islamic culture in Sicily brought paper making gradually started making it themselves. 13th century in Italy during the crusades
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Define pigment
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a powdered coloring material
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What are most drawing media made of?
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pencil or graphite
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What are advantages of using pencil?
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the lines can be changed, lines are soft darker and richer or pale and silvery hard.
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What is metalpoint?
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is an old technique - is a thin wire made of relatively soft metal such as silver, set in a holder for convenience.
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What is charcoal?
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charred wood
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What is different between chalk, pastels and crayon?
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-chalk - 3 finely texture stones - mined and cut up - black chalk (composite of carbon and clay) red chalk (iron oxide and clay), white chalk (calcite or calcium carbonate) -pastels - acts like chalk. consists of pigment bound with a non greasy binder such as solution of gum arabic or gum tragacanth in water.- borderline medium. Most favorite (popular) artists - crayons - made of powdered pigments mixed with a binder of greasy or waxy substance. Conte crayons favorite artist crayons.
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Name the liquid medium that was Rembrandt's favorite sketching medium. What is wash?
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Pen and ink - quill pens - ink diluted with water and applied with a brush
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Which culture has often used the brush as a favorite drawing tool and writing instrument?
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Eastern Asia culture
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Why can artist now draw on a larger scale or make larger drawings than ever before?
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size of paper
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What does the french word collage mean. Describe how a collage is made.
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-pasting paper cutouts or material directly on the canvas. - French for glue/pastings
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Which two artists worked together to develop Cubism and collage? Who tried it first?
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Pablo Piccaso and George Braque Picasso
