The ground in a painting is the _________.

a. background
b. negative space
c. surface
d. medium
e. glue-like substance


c. surface

a. Incorrect. Ground does not refer to a compositional element of painting, such as background, but refers to what surface the paint is applied to.
b. Incorrect. The ground of painting is not the negative space.
c. Correct. The ground in a painting is the surface that the paint is applied to.
d. Incorrect. The ground in painting is not the medium.
e. Incorrect. The ground of a painting is not a slue-like substance.

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

The chief occupation of typical Athenian citizens was

a. military service. b. farming in the fields outside the polis. c. work in one of the building trades. d, the exercise of political duties.

Art & Culture

A genre's iconography consists of

A. its typical plot patterns. B. the sum of all its editing conventions. C. its use of recurring themes. D. its characteristic objects, settings, and stars.

Art & Culture

Matching

1. CBGB A. Manager of the Sex Pistols and NY Dolls 2. saturated eight beat B. watered down timekeeping 3. London Calling C. Lead singer of Devo 4. Malcolm McLaren D. NY club where punk was born 5. synthesizer E. rock style beat in all parts F. Important album by the Clash G. produces sound by manipulating electrical current

Art & Culture

With this theatrical style the audience sees the story through the mind of one character

Settings may be distorted by the character’s conscious or subconscious phobias, prejudices, or psychoses.

a) Realism b) Naturalism c) Surrealism d) Symbolism e) Expressionism

Art & Culture