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Art20_IVC_Chapter_11_Terms
Art20_IVC_Chapter_11_Terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
04/05/2010

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acrylic
Definition
A plastic resin that, when mixed with water and pigment, forms an inorganic and quick-drying paint medium.
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binder
Definition
In a medium, the substance that holds pigments together.
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encaustic
Definition
A method of painting with molten beeswax fused to the support after application by means of heat.
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fresco
Definition
Painting on plaster, either dry (fresco secco) or wet (buon or true fresco). In the former the paint is an independent layer, separate from the plaster proper, in the latter, the paint is chemically bound to the plaster, and is integral to the wall of support.
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La Pittura
Definition
In early fifteenth century, a figure known as La Pittura – literally, “the picture” began to appear in Italian art.
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pigments
Definition
The coloring agents of a medium.
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tempera
Definition
A painting medium made by combining water, pigment and usually egg yolk.
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trompe l’oeil
Definition
A form of representation that attempts to depict the object as if it were actually present before the eye in three-dimensional space, literally “eye fooling.”
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vehicle
Definition
solvent – A thinner that enables paint to flow more readily and that clean brushes, also called vehicle
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