Exercises
1/ The mystery: It’s know that the Book of Kells was sometime in Kildare Abbey. It’s also possible that Gerald of Wales told about a book already disappeared. What do you think about, after analyzing the historical text? Was Gerald talking about the Book of Kells or about an unknown Book of Kildare?Look at the drawings to assume a decision.
2/
a)Underline the words that you don’t understand in the Introduction page. Find into the dictionary their meaning.
b)Translate into Spanish the following terms. Use the dictionary:
Artist's Proof:
Bronze:
Ceramics:
Certificate of Authenticity:
Etching:
Lithography:
Manifesto:
Maquette:
Layout:
Montage:
Performance:
Installation:
Monotype:
Museum:
Perspective:
Pointillism:
Dot:
Pixel:
Serigraph:
Stipple:
3/Write a short report, in English, of course, about the picture you created using the pastel technique.
It is possible you need use the dictionary. Do it!
4/ Try to reproduce the Picture
a) Most similar possible
b) Applying a modern technique
5/ Describe the picture:
a) The most important elements of Visual Language (Shape, Measurement, Color, Texture)
b) The kind of Basic Composition used (Symmetry or Compensation). Explain your reasons.
6/ Join the sentences below.
Impasto:
was a most prolific user of pastel
was a very famous watercolor artist from UK
the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle
with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting
Edgar Degas
JMW Turner
A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which
a broad thin layer of diluted pigment or ink
Paint applied in outstanding heavy layers or strokes
of pure powdered pigment and a binder
Wash: Used in watercolor painting, brush drawing, and occasionally in oil painting to describe
Oil painting is the process of painting
