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Key Terms/Concepts

• Oil on Canvas: A painting medium characterized by rich colors, slow drying time, and the ability to blend and create texture.
  Example: "Impression: Sunrise" by Claude Monet (1872)

• Tempera: A fast-drying medium that uses egg yolk as a binder, resulting in a matte finish.
  Example: "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels" by Cimabue (c. 1280)

• Fresco: A technique of mural painting executed on freshly laid wet plaster, making it long-lasting.
  Example: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo (1511-1512)

• Woodblock Print: A method of printing that involves carving an image into wood, commonly used for mass reproduction in Japanese art.
  Example: "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai (1831)

• Basic Elements of Painting: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Space, Value (light and dark), Form.

Key Techniques

• Linear Perspective: A technique that uses lines to create the illusion of depth in a painting.

• Atmospheric Perspective: A method where objects farther away appear less detailed and lighter in color, enhancing depth perception.

• Overlapping: A technique where one object is placed in front of another to suggest depth.

Key Paintings

• Self-Portraits:

  Painting	Artist	Year
  "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird"	Frida Kahlo	1940
  "Self-Portrait"	Rembrandt	1660
  "Self-Portrait"	Vincent van Gogh	1889

• Impressionist Paintings:

  Painting	Artist	Year
  "Impression: Sunrise"	Claude Monet	1872
  "Luncheon at the Boating Party"	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1881
  "The Mother and Sister of the Artist"	Berthe Morisot	1869-1870
  "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"	Édouard Manet	1882

• Examples of Nonrepresentational and Representational Paintings:

  Type	Painting	Artist	Year
  Nonrepresentational	"The Flame"	Jackson Pollock	1934-1938
  Representational	"Self-Portrait"	Rembrandt	1660

Key Artists and Their Works

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Facts to Memorize

• Primary Colors: Red, Blue, Yellow

• Secondary Colors: Green, Orange, Purple

• Tertiary Colors: Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-purple, Red-purple

• Basic Elements of Painting: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Space, Value, Form

• Three Distinct Qualities of Color: Hue, Value, Intensity.

Facts to Memorize

• Primary Colors: Red, Blue, Yellow

• Secondary Colors: Green, Orange, Purple

• Tertiary Colors: Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-purple, Red-purple

• Basic Elements of Painting: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Space, Value, Form

• Three Distinct Qualities of Color: Hue, Value, Intensity

Reference Information

• Characteristics of Oil on Canvas: Rich colors, slow drying, allows blending and texture.

• Characteristics of Tempera: Fast drying, uses egg yolk as a binder, matte finish.

• Characteristics of Fresco: Painted on wet plaster, long-lasting, used in large-scale murals.

• Characteristics of Woodblock Print: Carved wood, used for mass reproduction, common in Japanese art.

Concept Comparisons