PRAXIS 5134 ART REVIEW EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the safest pigment: lead white, chrome yellow, cadmium orange, or
ultramarine blue? - ✔✔Ultramarine Blue
✔✔The study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. Something
that is visually pleasing. - ✔✔Aesthetics
✔✔Which group often used Greek examples in their artwork? - ✔✔Romans
✔✔The Great Wave (Hokusai) What is the most visual effect used in this artwork? -
✔✔Use of solid color and bold lines.
✔✔Matisse Blue Nude-What is the visual focus of this artwork? - ✔✔Positive &
Negative Shape
✔✔Mary Cassatt - What is the technique used to create variation in this artwork? -
✔✔Aquatint - mother/
daughter art
✔✔Technique used on metal areas that have been hammered out from the back side to
show detail - ✔✔Repousse
✔✔What artwork has been described as a shingle factory explosion? - ✔✔Nude
Descending a Staircase - Duschamp
✔✔What is this building? - ✔✔Taj Majal
✔✔Who is the artist of "A Bar at the Folies" - ✔✔Édouard Manet - Impressionism
, ✔✔What is the purpose of the terra cotta army in China? - ✔✔Protect the emperor in his
afterlife.
✔✔What style of artwork is Faberge known for? - ✔✔Jewelry
✔✔The use of decorative calligraphy is tied to which religion? - ✔✔Islamic
✔✔Abraham Mignon's Still Life of Flowers, What is the message of this painting? -
✔✔Fleeting nature of life
✔✔Contrasting objects placed next to eachother....example of hungry child on a
building and a line of people photographed looking at it. (Max Ernst - frottage) -
✔✔Juxtaposition
✔✔What style is Andre Derains use of color similar to? - ✔✔Fauvism
✔✔What style of work is the lined drawing/painting by Agnes Martin? - ✔✔Minimalism
✔✔In storing printmaking supplies, it is important to store _______ separately from
others. - ✔✔Nitric Acid
✔✔What is used inside quilts? - ✔✔Batting
✔✔Auguste Rodin - Young Woman in a Floral Hat - What technique is used in this
artwork? - ✔✔Modeling
✔✔A small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture. - ✔✔Marquette
✔✔What technique results in a singular print? - ✔✔Monoprint
✔✔A technique that produces high quality print from an ink jet - ✔✔Giclee
✔✔What is the safest way to clean a ceramics studio? - ✔✔Use a wet sponge and mop
down the surfaces. Use a HEPA filtered vaccum.
✔✔A tool for checking symmetry and fitting lids to pots in ceramics - ✔✔Caliper
✔✔Adding white to a color - ✔✔Tint
✔✔On a traditional color wheel, a main color along with 2 adjacent colors make up... -
✔✔Split complimentary color scheme
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the safest pigment: lead white, chrome yellow, cadmium orange, or
ultramarine blue? - ✔✔Ultramarine Blue
✔✔The study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. Something
that is visually pleasing. - ✔✔Aesthetics
✔✔Which group often used Greek examples in their artwork? - ✔✔Romans
✔✔The Great Wave (Hokusai) What is the most visual effect used in this artwork? -
✔✔Use of solid color and bold lines.
✔✔Matisse Blue Nude-What is the visual focus of this artwork? - ✔✔Positive &
Negative Shape
✔✔Mary Cassatt - What is the technique used to create variation in this artwork? -
✔✔Aquatint - mother/
daughter art
✔✔Technique used on metal areas that have been hammered out from the back side to
show detail - ✔✔Repousse
✔✔What artwork has been described as a shingle factory explosion? - ✔✔Nude
Descending a Staircase - Duschamp
✔✔What is this building? - ✔✔Taj Majal
✔✔Who is the artist of "A Bar at the Folies" - ✔✔Édouard Manet - Impressionism
, ✔✔What is the purpose of the terra cotta army in China? - ✔✔Protect the emperor in his
afterlife.
✔✔What style of artwork is Faberge known for? - ✔✔Jewelry
✔✔The use of decorative calligraphy is tied to which religion? - ✔✔Islamic
✔✔Abraham Mignon's Still Life of Flowers, What is the message of this painting? -
✔✔Fleeting nature of life
✔✔Contrasting objects placed next to eachother....example of hungry child on a
building and a line of people photographed looking at it. (Max Ernst - frottage) -
✔✔Juxtaposition
✔✔What style is Andre Derains use of color similar to? - ✔✔Fauvism
✔✔What style of work is the lined drawing/painting by Agnes Martin? - ✔✔Minimalism
✔✔In storing printmaking supplies, it is important to store _______ separately from
others. - ✔✔Nitric Acid
✔✔What is used inside quilts? - ✔✔Batting
✔✔Auguste Rodin - Young Woman in a Floral Hat - What technique is used in this
artwork? - ✔✔Modeling
✔✔A small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture. - ✔✔Marquette
✔✔What technique results in a singular print? - ✔✔Monoprint
✔✔A technique that produces high quality print from an ink jet - ✔✔Giclee
✔✔What is the safest way to clean a ceramics studio? - ✔✔Use a wet sponge and mop
down the surfaces. Use a HEPA filtered vaccum.
✔✔A tool for checking symmetry and fitting lids to pots in ceramics - ✔✔Caliper
✔✔Adding white to a color - ✔✔Tint
✔✔On a traditional color wheel, a main color along with 2 adjacent colors make up... -
✔✔Split complimentary color scheme
