TPO46-L3
Ultramarine
- What is the lecture mainly about?
- A. The economic factors that made lapis lazuli expensive
- B. The types of paintings in which the color blue is popular
- C. Early processes for making blue pigments from stones
- D. Difficulties using the color blue in early paintings
- What was Gainsborough’s goal when he painted The Blue Boy?
- A. To find an acceptable alternative to ultramarine pigment
- B. To demonstrate that blue should be used only in certain paintings
- C. To contradict a common belief about the use of blue in a painting
- D. To protest the high costs of painting with most blue pigments
- What does the professor imply about smalt as a substitute for lapis lazuli?
- A. It eventually became as expensive as lapis lazuli.
- B. It was used frequently throughout the nineteenth century.
- C. It was not of an acceptable quality for many artists.
- D. It was seen as a better substitute for lapis lazuli than azurite was.
- What two points does the professor make about the process of turning lapis lazuli into ultramarine? [CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS]
- A. It took a lot of time.
- B. It required expensive tools.
- C. It did not produce much pigment.
- D. It was perfected by the French.
- Why does the professor mention the French government?
- A. To indicate who sponsored the digging of additional lapis lazuli mines
- B. To emphasize the importance of developing an affordable blue pigment
- C. To point out that artists were not permitted to use certain stones to make pigments
- D. To question the government’s use of public funds to support the arts
- What does the professor imply when he says this: 🎧
- A. He is not convinced the Egyptians made the first synthetic pigment
- B. He is impressed by the Egyptians’ accomplishment.
- C. The process the Egyptians used is now widely known.
- D. The Egyptian pigment was of lower quality than today’s pigments.
D C C AC B B