Visual arts study guide exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
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Metalpoint/silverpoint - CORRECT ANSWER - A drawing technique in which the
drawing medium is a fine metal wire. Where the metal employed is silver, the technique is
known as silverpoint.
Pastels (chalk & crayon) - CORRECT ANSWER - A drawing medium consisting of sticks
of color made of powdered pigment and a relatively weak binder
Wash - CORRECT ANSWER - Ink or watercolor paint thinned so as to flow freely onto a
support
Collage - CORRECT ANSWER - From the French for "glue," the practice of pasting
shapes cut from such real-world sources as magazines, newspapers, wallpaper, and fabric onto a
surface.
Pigment - CORRECT ANSWER - A coloring material made from various organic or
chemical substances. When mixed with a binder, it creates a drawing and painting medium
Encaustic - CORRECT ANSWER - painting medium in which the binder is wax,which is
heated to render the paints fluid
Fresco - CORRECT ANSWER - A painting medium in which colors are applied to a
plaster ground, ushually a wall or ceiling. In buon fresco, also called true fresco, colors are
applied before the plaster dries and thus bond with the surface. In fresco secco (dry fresco),
colors are applied to dry plaster
Cartoon - CORRECT ANSWER - A full scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural
, Tempera - CORRECT ANSWER - Paint in which the pigment is compounded with
pigment to make paint.
Gesso - CORRECT ANSWER - A brilliant white undercoat made of inert pigment such as
chalk or plaster and used as ground for paint, especially for tempera
Glaze - CORRECT ANSWER - In oil painting, a thin, translucent layer of color, generally
applied over another color. In ceramics, a liquid that, upon firing, fuses into a vitreous (glass
like) coating, sealing the porous clay surface. Colored glazes are used to decorate ceramics.
Impasto - CORRECT ANSWER - From the italian for "paste," a thick application of paint.
Edition - CORRECT ANSWER - In printmaking, the total number of prints made from a
given plate or block. According to contemporary practice, the size of an edition is written on
each print, and the prints are individually numbered within it. The artist's signature indicates
approval of the print and acts as a guarantee of the edition.
Hatching - CORRECT ANSWER - A linear technique used to create tonal and shading
effects, made by drawing closely spaced parallel lines
Installation - CORRECT ANSWER - An art form in which an entire room or similar space
is treated as a work of art to be entered and experienced. Usually in a place for a limited amount
of time
Medium - CORRECT ANSWER - what a piece of artwork is made of
Binder - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance in paints that causes particles of pigment to
adhere to one another and to a support.
Cubism - CORRECT ANSWER - A movement developed during the early 20th century by
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Abstracted the forms of the visible world into fragments or
facets drawn from multiple points of view, then constructed an image from them which had its
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Metalpoint/silverpoint - CORRECT ANSWER - A drawing technique in which the
drawing medium is a fine metal wire. Where the metal employed is silver, the technique is
known as silverpoint.
Pastels (chalk & crayon) - CORRECT ANSWER - A drawing medium consisting of sticks
of color made of powdered pigment and a relatively weak binder
Wash - CORRECT ANSWER - Ink or watercolor paint thinned so as to flow freely onto a
support
Collage - CORRECT ANSWER - From the French for "glue," the practice of pasting
shapes cut from such real-world sources as magazines, newspapers, wallpaper, and fabric onto a
surface.
Pigment - CORRECT ANSWER - A coloring material made from various organic or
chemical substances. When mixed with a binder, it creates a drawing and painting medium
Encaustic - CORRECT ANSWER - painting medium in which the binder is wax,which is
heated to render the paints fluid
Fresco - CORRECT ANSWER - A painting medium in which colors are applied to a
plaster ground, ushually a wall or ceiling. In buon fresco, also called true fresco, colors are
applied before the plaster dries and thus bond with the surface. In fresco secco (dry fresco),
colors are applied to dry plaster
Cartoon - CORRECT ANSWER - A full scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural
, Tempera - CORRECT ANSWER - Paint in which the pigment is compounded with
pigment to make paint.
Gesso - CORRECT ANSWER - A brilliant white undercoat made of inert pigment such as
chalk or plaster and used as ground for paint, especially for tempera
Glaze - CORRECT ANSWER - In oil painting, a thin, translucent layer of color, generally
applied over another color. In ceramics, a liquid that, upon firing, fuses into a vitreous (glass
like) coating, sealing the porous clay surface. Colored glazes are used to decorate ceramics.
Impasto - CORRECT ANSWER - From the italian for "paste," a thick application of paint.
Edition - CORRECT ANSWER - In printmaking, the total number of prints made from a
given plate or block. According to contemporary practice, the size of an edition is written on
each print, and the prints are individually numbered within it. The artist's signature indicates
approval of the print and acts as a guarantee of the edition.
Hatching - CORRECT ANSWER - A linear technique used to create tonal and shading
effects, made by drawing closely spaced parallel lines
Installation - CORRECT ANSWER - An art form in which an entire room or similar space
is treated as a work of art to be entered and experienced. Usually in a place for a limited amount
of time
Medium - CORRECT ANSWER - what a piece of artwork is made of
Binder - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance in paints that causes particles of pigment to
adhere to one another and to a support.
Cubism - CORRECT ANSWER - A movement developed during the early 20th century by
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Abstracted the forms of the visible world into fragments or
facets drawn from multiple points of view, then constructed an image from them which had its
