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Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

This activity contains 9 questions.

	The fresco artist’s interest in illusionism culminated in   the baroque ceiling designs of the seventeenth century. the still lifes painted in Egyptian tombs. the abstract frescos of Willem de Kooning. northern Renaissance church interiors. eleventh century religious icons.

	The largest number of ancient encaustic paintings to survive to modern day come from   Devon, England. Faiyum, Egypt. Herculaneum, Italy. Pompeii, Italy. Lascaux, France.

	What kind of painting combines a pigment with a binder of hot wax?   encaustic watercolor tempera fresco oil painting

	In The Annunciation triptych by Robert Campin, a couple is kneeling outside the front door. Who is this couple?   Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist the witnesses to the event the artist's employers the neighbors servants to the painter

	Many early religious paintings were painted on panels. What was the purpose of these panels?   to decribe Greek orders they were for domestic interiors to display a story they were altarpieces they functioned as window shutters

	One of the things that Helen Frankenthaler hoped to do in her work Flood was   create a sense of spontaneity. demonstrate appropriate color mixing techniques. allow the viewer to understand mistakes. express frustration with the material. create disarray and confusion.

	Oil paint was a great invention for artists because   it is slow to dry. it can be blended on the painting surface. it blends more easily than other media. All answers are correct. it can be used to create heavy textures.

	Which painting medium is referred to by the author as potentially being the most expressive?   tempera watercolor oil encaustic fresco

	The difference between Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Giotto's painting of the Madonna thirty years later is   denotive meaning. solvent. mimesis binder. gouache.

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