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Intensity - ANSWERSdegrees of shading between black and white (expressive drawing effect) Cloisonne - ANSWERSenameling technique where thin wire partitions (cloisons) are filled with enamel (art form from ancient Byzantium) Chiaroscuro - ANSWERSusing light (chiaro) and dark, or shade (use of shading) Hue - ANSWERSdimension of color determined by wavelength of light (one of the main properties of color) Veduta - ANSWERSItalian for "view" (landscape painting popular in 18th century Venice) Volute - ANSWERSarchitectural element on an ionic capital (partially unrolled scroll) Value - ANSWERSdarkness or lightness of a color (amt of light reflected by a hue) Tempura - ANSWERSpainting using pigment mixed with egg yolk Monet - ANSWERSFrench impressionist painter (); Impressionism Cezanne - ANSWERSFrench post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components in nature (said "everything in nature adheres to the cone, cylinder, and the curve") Picasso - ANSWERSprolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (); Cubism Piments - ANSWERSgives color/texture to paint Gold Leaf - ANSWERSpaper-thin sheets of hammered gold that are used in gilding (such as Byzantine icons) Casein Paints - ANSWERSMilk based paint (gets rancid); cheap (mostly used in theater) Synthetic Resin Paints - ANSWERSchemically different from resinous compounds secreted by plants; a"newer" painting medium (liquids harden permanently) Veg