Set: Art History - Exam 2 - Oil Painting

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easy to blendwhy is it good that oil paint dries slowly?
combines chemically with more pigments, huge range of possible texturesbenefits of using oil paint
more personalis rough style more personal or less personal than smooth style?
impastoraised paint used to indicate highlights
it gives the flesh a vibrance because placing color complements next to each other has that effectwhy did painters learn to paint greenish shadows on flesh instead of black?
layering the paint so that paints with the least amount of oil go on the bottom, and gradually build up to the top with the most oillean to fat process
prevents crackshow does the lean to fat process improve the quality of paintings?
inner luminositywhat does the lean to fat process do to the paintings?
manufacturers decide the amount of oil, which is usually extrawhy does lean to fat become pretty much impossible with the introduction of commercial paints?
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Creator gotjoosy
Created November 18, 2008
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Subjects art history, exam 2, oil painting
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