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Ch 7 Terminology
Ch 7 Terms for Living with Art 11th Edition
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2016

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pigment
Definition
Powdered color
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Medium or Vehicle
Definition
Liquid that holds the pigments together without dissolving them
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Support
Definition
A surface on which the artist works
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Binder
Definition
An ingredient that ensures that the paint will adhere to the surface
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Fresco Secco
Definition
Italian for dry fresco or working on a dry plaster surface.
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Buon Fresco
Definition
Means true fresco which is applying the pigment and water to a wet lime plaster surface.
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Cartoon
Definition
A full-size drawing of entire project.
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Gesso
Definition
For tempera it is a mixture of white pigment and glue applied to a support as the ground for the painting.
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Glaze
Definition
Thin layers of translucent color applied over opaque paint.
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Alla Prima
Definition
Implies that the painting was completed all at once.
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Impasto
Definition
An Italian word meaning paste. A thick and highly textured application of paint.
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Easel
Definition
A portable stand used to prop a painting vertically so the artist can face his or her work in progress.
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Ground or Primer
Definition
A preliminary coating
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Encaustic
Definition
Comes from the Greek word meaning burning in. It consists of pigment mixed with wax and resin
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Fresco
Definition
Technique that involves mixing pigments with water and is applied to a plaster support.
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Tempera
Definition
uses an emulsion as a vehicle consisting of an aqueous liquid with an oil, fat, wax, or resin. Egg yolk is also used as a vehicle.
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Oil Paints
Definition
consist of pigment mixed typically with linseed oil (the binder).

As it slowly dries, a transparent film of suspended pigment is created.
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Watercolor
Definition
Pigment in a vehicle of water and gum arabic. Its main characteristic is transparency.
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Gouache
Definition
Watercolor with inert white pigment added. The added pigment creates opaque colors.
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Acrylic Paints
Definition
are synthetic. The vehicle is acrylic resin, polymerized through emulsion in water.
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Mosaic
Definition
made of smal, closely space particles called tesserae embedded in a binder such as mortar or cement.
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Tapestry
Definition
refers to a particular weaving technique. has to sets to its making, the warp and the weft.
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