ch 3 vocab 📺

media

airbrush

small spray gun that atomizes paint

alla prima

painting in a direct style without layers → painter often finishes in a single sitting

aquatint

process used to create subtle value shifts or flat tones

assemblages

works made (at least partially) from ready-mades or found objects

binder

substance that holds together the pigments in paint

buon fresco

wet pigment sinks into wet plaster

cire perdue (lost wax casting)

a sculpting method that produces hollow metal sculptures with thin walls

daguerreotype

early form of photography that was fragile but highly detailed

drypoint

print made by scratching a metal plate with a graver

encaustic

ancient painting technique that used a mixture of resin, pigments, and beeswax

fresco secco

paint is applied to dry plaster

gesso

a common ground made from powdered chalk suspended in glue or acrylic

gouache

watercolor with thick chalk added to create opacity

ground

a fluid brushed onto a support to change its surface quality

intaglio

prints with fine lines, high detail, and rich tones

monotype

printmaking process that makes only one impression of an image

photomontage

many photographs are combined or added to other media to create a new image

photo silk screens

like screen printing, but uses chemicals to block ink instead of stencils

ready-mades

already existing objects

serigraphy

screen printing

silverpoint

a thin stylus made of silver that is used to create drawings on ground-prepared wood or paper

slip

liquid clay

support

what underlies the artwork (canvas, stone, etc)

tempera

pigments + egg yolk