Visual Arts Licensure Test UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
3D projects for young students - CORRECT ANSWER - cutting and pasting paper, mask
making, puppet making, weaving
Aboriginal Art - CORRECT ANSWER - dot paintings, paint-from plants, create art to
preserve and celebrate memory of dreamtime
Abstract Expressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - American art movement of the 1940s
that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework.
Abstract Expressionism (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Jackson Pollock, Willem de
Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko
Acrylic Mediums and Gels - CORRECT ANSWER - Range in consistency and thickness,
Used to manipulate acrylic paint
Actual texture - CORRECT ANSWER - something that is actually rough or bumpy to the
touch
Additive - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of adding or joining parts and/or visual
elements together to create a painting, collage or sculpture (as opposed to subtractive).
Advertising designers - CORRECT ANSWER - create logos, or symbols or trademarks
that are immediately recognizable
aesthetic theories - CORRECT ANSWER - realistic, hedonist, formalist, and expressive
,aesthetics - CORRECT ANSWER - explores the definitions and meaning of art and
beauty, helps students identify the types of art and design that please people
aesthetics in younger grades - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on students' personal
experiences and cultural contexts, 3rd grade, students have more vocabulary to discuss art,
introduce aesthetic theories
Alla Prima - CORRECT ANSWER - Wet-on-wet oil painting, pochade small preparatory
oil sketch before actual painting
analogous colors - CORRECT ANSWER - colors next to each other on the color wheel
analysis of artwork - CORRECT ANSWER - entails discerning and describing how the
piece is organized, students investigate principles of art such as emphasis, repetition, or contrast,
consider relationship between the piece and the viewer, how it affects the viewer, comparing
piece with other works of art
Animator - CORRECT ANSWER - creates multiple images, that give an illusion of
movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence
applique - CORRECT ANSWER - a decorative design made of one material sewn over
another
aquatint - CORRECT ANSWER - A printmaking technique that allows the artist to achieve
a large variety of values by exposing the plate to acid. Resin is applied to protect the plate in
parts.
Arabesque design - CORRECT ANSWER - a kind of decoration intertwining flowers
Archaic Art (Greece) - CORRECT ANSWER - 600-480 BC, Kuoros stone figures, Vase
painting
, Architect/Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER - A trained professional who designs
buildings, homes, and various structures in which people live and interact with.
art - CORRECT ANSWER - a tool for elementary students to learn about themselves and
the world around them
Art criticism - CORRECT ANSWER - The discussion or evaluation of visual art.
Art Deco - CORRECT ANSWER - A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms,
and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation.
Art Deco (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Tamara de Lempicka, Joseph Csaky, Antoine
Bourdelle, John Wagner, Gheorghe Leonida
art history - CORRECT ANSWER - students gain understanding of how artists and art
made contributions to culture and society
Art Nouveau (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Théophile Steinlen, Aubrey Beardsley,
Alphonse Mucha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret
Art Nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER - This art was characterized by its use of
asymmetrical lines. Flowers, vines, and leaves were commonly characterized with this style, as
these forms took advantage of the sinuous curves.
Assemblage - CORRECT ANSWER - Forms of modern sculpture and painting utilizing
readymades, found objects, and pasted fragments to form an abstract composition.
Assemblage (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Robert Rauschenberg, Wallace Berman ,
Joseph Cornell, Edward Kienholz , André Breton
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
3D projects for young students - CORRECT ANSWER - cutting and pasting paper, mask
making, puppet making, weaving
Aboriginal Art - CORRECT ANSWER - dot paintings, paint-from plants, create art to
preserve and celebrate memory of dreamtime
Abstract Expressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - American art movement of the 1940s
that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework.
Abstract Expressionism (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Jackson Pollock, Willem de
Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko
Acrylic Mediums and Gels - CORRECT ANSWER - Range in consistency and thickness,
Used to manipulate acrylic paint
Actual texture - CORRECT ANSWER - something that is actually rough or bumpy to the
touch
Additive - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of adding or joining parts and/or visual
elements together to create a painting, collage or sculpture (as opposed to subtractive).
Advertising designers - CORRECT ANSWER - create logos, or symbols or trademarks
that are immediately recognizable
aesthetic theories - CORRECT ANSWER - realistic, hedonist, formalist, and expressive
,aesthetics - CORRECT ANSWER - explores the definitions and meaning of art and
beauty, helps students identify the types of art and design that please people
aesthetics in younger grades - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on students' personal
experiences and cultural contexts, 3rd grade, students have more vocabulary to discuss art,
introduce aesthetic theories
Alla Prima - CORRECT ANSWER - Wet-on-wet oil painting, pochade small preparatory
oil sketch before actual painting
analogous colors - CORRECT ANSWER - colors next to each other on the color wheel
analysis of artwork - CORRECT ANSWER - entails discerning and describing how the
piece is organized, students investigate principles of art such as emphasis, repetition, or contrast,
consider relationship between the piece and the viewer, how it affects the viewer, comparing
piece with other works of art
Animator - CORRECT ANSWER - creates multiple images, that give an illusion of
movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence
applique - CORRECT ANSWER - a decorative design made of one material sewn over
another
aquatint - CORRECT ANSWER - A printmaking technique that allows the artist to achieve
a large variety of values by exposing the plate to acid. Resin is applied to protect the plate in
parts.
Arabesque design - CORRECT ANSWER - a kind of decoration intertwining flowers
Archaic Art (Greece) - CORRECT ANSWER - 600-480 BC, Kuoros stone figures, Vase
painting
, Architect/Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER - A trained professional who designs
buildings, homes, and various structures in which people live and interact with.
art - CORRECT ANSWER - a tool for elementary students to learn about themselves and
the world around them
Art criticism - CORRECT ANSWER - The discussion or evaluation of visual art.
Art Deco - CORRECT ANSWER - A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms,
and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation.
Art Deco (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Tamara de Lempicka, Joseph Csaky, Antoine
Bourdelle, John Wagner, Gheorghe Leonida
art history - CORRECT ANSWER - students gain understanding of how artists and art
made contributions to culture and society
Art Nouveau (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Théophile Steinlen, Aubrey Beardsley,
Alphonse Mucha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret
Art Nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER - This art was characterized by its use of
asymmetrical lines. Flowers, vines, and leaves were commonly characterized with this style, as
these forms took advantage of the sinuous curves.
Assemblage - CORRECT ANSWER - Forms of modern sculpture and painting utilizing
readymades, found objects, and pasted fragments to form an abstract composition.
Assemblage (artists) - CORRECT ANSWER - Robert Rauschenberg, Wallace Berman ,
Joseph Cornell, Edward Kienholz , André Breton
