Detail the process of creating a fresco and compare examples to other art forms
What will be an ideal response?
First, an undercoat of plaster is applied to the wall. Then a cartoon is used to outline the drawing which is then sketched in more detail: the sinopia. Next, a thin coat of plaster is applied to a section of the wall upon which the pigment will be applied. This section is only as large as the artist believed could be painted in a day, or before the plaster dried. A "day's work" is called the giornata. The key element of a fresco is the bonding of the pigment with the plaster which guarantees the longevity of the color. Paintings on panel, such altarpieces could be more decorative through the use of gilding. But the tempera pigments did not last as long as fresco and faded or chipped away.
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music?
a. metric b. ternary c. theme and variations d. strophic e. rondo
A color edge is a manifestation of what element of composition?
a. Line b. Form c. Mass d. Perspective
According to the Greeks, the basic elements of music derived from __________
A. literature B. philosophy C. mathematics D. biology E. chemistry
The Enlightenment was essentially a product of cultural life in
A. Italy. B. Scotland. C. France. D. Great Britain.