art appreciation
Understanding Vis Art Assignment 5
1. What is one of the chief purposes of the act of drawing? One chief purpose is preliminary study. The artist experiments with different approaches to their work.
2. What is a cartoon? Give an example of a cartoon from the text. It is a drawing done to scale for painting or fresca. An example is Madonna with Child with St Ann and Infant John the Baptist, by Leonardo.
3. Drawing materials are usually divided into what two categories? They are either dry media like chalk or pastel, and wet media like ink.
4. Describe briefly the process of metalpoint. Give an example of metalpoint from your text.Metal point is when a metal stylus is applied to paper with a mixture of white lead and bum water. This is seen in Leonardo da Vinci’s The study of a womans’s head or the angel of Virgine delle Rocce.
5. Give an example from your text that illustrates each:
a.) Chalk and charcoal example Madonna with Child with St Ann and Infant John the Baptist, by Leonardo. b.) Graphite example untitled (Ocean) by Clemins c.) Pastel example After Bath, Woman Drying Herself by Degas d.) Oil stick example Fate and Luck: Eclipse 2011 by Brooke e.) Pen and ink example Page for Kim Wild 2001 by Satrapi f.) Wash and Brush example The Adoration of the Magi by Tiepolo.
6. Choose one of the innovative drawing media described on pp. 192-196 and briefly summarize the process. H. Matisse used open scissors as a knife and carved through the paper discovering a new form
7. Printmaking appears to have first began where? Chine in 9th century C.E.
8. Define: a.)Edition- multiple impressions on paper from the same matrix b.) Original print- is one the artist himself created or supervised its creation c.) Proof – trial impression of art befor final print d.) Registration- the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more blocks on paper used particularly when using two or more colors.
9. What is the
1. What is one of the chief purposes of the act of drawing? One chief purpose is preliminary study. The artist experiments with different approaches to their work.
2. What is a cartoon? Give an example of a cartoon from the text. It is a drawing done to scale for painting or fresca. An example is Madonna with Child with St Ann and Infant John the Baptist, by Leonardo.
3. Drawing materials are usually divided into what two categories? They are either dry media like chalk or pastel, and wet media like ink.
4. Describe briefly the process of metalpoint. Give an example of metalpoint from your text.Metal point is when a metal stylus is applied to paper with a mixture of white lead and bum water. This is seen in Leonardo da Vinci’s The study of a womans’s head or the angel of Virgine delle Rocce.
5. Give an example from your text that illustrates each:
a.) Chalk and charcoal example Madonna with Child with St Ann and Infant John the Baptist, by Leonardo. b.) Graphite example untitled (Ocean) by Clemins c.) Pastel example After Bath, Woman Drying Herself by Degas d.) Oil stick example Fate and Luck: Eclipse 2011 by Brooke e.) Pen and ink example Page for Kim Wild 2001 by Satrapi f.) Wash and Brush example The Adoration of the Magi by Tiepolo.
6. Choose one of the innovative drawing media described on pp. 192-196 and briefly summarize the process. H. Matisse used open scissors as a knife and carved through the paper discovering a new form
7. Printmaking appears to have first began where? Chine in 9th century C.E.
8. Define: a.)Edition- multiple impressions on paper from the same matrix b.) Original print- is one the artist himself created or supervised its creation c.) Proof – trial impression of art befor final print d.) Registration- the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more blocks on paper used particularly when using two or more colors.
9. What is the