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Question 1: Today's technique of oil painting was created circa 1410 by ________.
Arnolfini PortraitMadridAnnunciation (van Eyck, Washington)Jan van Eyck

Question 2: ________ later improved oil paint: he added litharge, or lead (II) oxide.
SicilyRomeNaplesAntonello da Messina

Question 3: Instead, they ________ into a dry solid.
HydrogenCarbonOxygenRedox

Question 4: Though van Eyck was not the first to use oil paint, he was the first artist to have produced a siccative oil mixture which could be used to combine ________ pigments.
CarbonCalciumSolidMineral

Question 5: The earliest and still most commonly used vehicle is linseed oil, pressed from the seed of the ________ plant.
FlaxHempKenafCotton

Question 6: The cobalt colors, including cobalt blue and cerulean blue, are made with ________ compounds.
CobaltZincNickelChromium

Question 7: Many of the reds and yellows are produced using ________, and vermilion red uses natural or synthetic mercuric sulfide or cinnabar.
CadmiumZincSilverGold

Question 8: The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and ________ may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried film.
PlasticShellacDrying oilVarnish

Question 9: The vehicle for such paints is an oil with a ________ molecule chemically bonded to it which allows oil to mix with water in much the same way dish soap does, but with greater sophistication.
Perfluorooctanoic acidSurfactantAmphiphileSodium lauryl sulfate

Question 10: Theophilus Presbyter, a 12th century German monk, recommended linseed oil but advocated against the use of ________ due to its long drying time.
LardSoybeanButterOlive oil
















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