1) The document discusses various painting techniques and materials throughout history, from encaustic painting used by ancient Greeks and Romans to modern acrylic paint.
2) It provides details on different types of painting supports, grounds, pigments, and binders used over time, such as gesso, rabbit skin glue, linseed oil, and beeswax.
3) Key terms and techniques like fresco, tempera, oil painting, and watercolor are defined in the context of classic works that demonstrate their use.
68. Diagram of a section of a fifteenth-century oil painting demonstrating
the luminosity of the medium.
69. The Master of Flémalle (probably Robert Campin). The Annunciation
(The Mérode Altarpiece). c. 1425–30.
central panel: 25 1/4 x 24 7/8 in.; each wing: 25 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.
70. The Master of Flémalle (probably Robert Campin). Detail of The
Annunciation (The Mérode Altarpiece). c. 1425–30.
central panel: 25 1/4 x 24 7/8 in.; each wing: 25 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.
71. Jan de Heem. Still Life with Lobster. late 1640s.
25 1/8 x 33 1/4 in.
72. I am rich because lemons are a rare fruit
This is the leftovers of an extravagant meal…I am so rich I can waste food.
Look at my fine tableware
90. Judith F. Baca. The Great Wall of Los Angeles, detail, Division of the
Barrios and Chavez Ravine. 1976–continuing.
height 13 ft. (whole mural more than 1 mile long).
94. Hannah Höch. Study for Collage “Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada
through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany.” 1919.
10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.
95. Hannah Höch. Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last
Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany. 1919.
44 7/8 x 35 7/16 in.
101. Patricia Patterson. The Kitchen. 1985.
painting: 60 x 107 in; overall dimensions vary with each installation (as
illustrated: 80 x 144 x 180 in.).