Visual arts exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Canon - CORRECT ANSWER - Important facts that everyone should know in art, the
essential parts of the field you are talking about chronologically. Rules or standards.. or guiding
principles.
Contrapposto - CORRECT ANSWER - italian for counterpose.
Futurism - CORRECT ANSWER - Anti-museum, favor war and believe that war is the
only way of clearning humankind's flaw
Mannerism - CORRECT ANSWER - The artist has taken great liberties with propotion to
creat what was believed to be an elegant and engaging composition
Memento mori/vanitas - CORRECT ANSWER - remembering that all of us die. Symbolic
work of art especially associated with still life painting in Flnaders and the Netherlands in the
16th and 17th centuries, though also common in other places and periods.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) - CORRECT ANSWER - An independent federal
agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by
providing all Americans with diverse opportunies for art participation.
Cartoon - CORRECT ANSWER - In a painting, a full-size preliminary drawing from
which a painting is made. Da Vinci's virgin and child with saint anne and the infant saint john is
a famous example.
Collage - CORRECT ANSWER - A piece of art made by sticking various different
materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.
Expressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Uses emphasis and distortion to communicate
emotion. Bold, shocking, unrealistic color. Depressing tone usually.
, Fluxus - CORRECT ANSWER - an international network of artists, composers and
designers noted for blending idfferent artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. A strong
current of anti commercial and anti art sensibility. Influenced by Duchamp, played an important
role in the opening up of definitions of what art can be.
Interactive(ity) - CORRECT ANSWER - form of art that involes the spectator in a way
that allows the art to achieve its purpose
Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - actions and discussion to discover possible solution
to a problem
Mural - CORRECT ANSWER - A large painting applied directly to a wall of ceiling
surface
Sound(Audio) art - CORRECT ANSWER - An artistic discipline in which sound is utilised
as a medium.
Straight (pure) photography - CORRECT ANSWER - Photos that are very sharp and in
focus that distinguises photography from other genre of art especially painting.
Support - CORRECT ANSWER - The actual material or surface on which a painting is
create, most usually paper, canvas or a wooden panel
Tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - The surface finish or feel of a paper, how rough or smooth
it is. This has impact on how well a medium will grip onto the paper, and the type of mark-
making that can be made with the surface.
Performance art - CORRECT ANSWER -
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Canon - CORRECT ANSWER - Important facts that everyone should know in art, the
essential parts of the field you are talking about chronologically. Rules or standards.. or guiding
principles.
Contrapposto - CORRECT ANSWER - italian for counterpose.
Futurism - CORRECT ANSWER - Anti-museum, favor war and believe that war is the
only way of clearning humankind's flaw
Mannerism - CORRECT ANSWER - The artist has taken great liberties with propotion to
creat what was believed to be an elegant and engaging composition
Memento mori/vanitas - CORRECT ANSWER - remembering that all of us die. Symbolic
work of art especially associated with still life painting in Flnaders and the Netherlands in the
16th and 17th centuries, though also common in other places and periods.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) - CORRECT ANSWER - An independent federal
agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by
providing all Americans with diverse opportunies for art participation.
Cartoon - CORRECT ANSWER - In a painting, a full-size preliminary drawing from
which a painting is made. Da Vinci's virgin and child with saint anne and the infant saint john is
a famous example.
Collage - CORRECT ANSWER - A piece of art made by sticking various different
materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.
Expressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Uses emphasis and distortion to communicate
emotion. Bold, shocking, unrealistic color. Depressing tone usually.
, Fluxus - CORRECT ANSWER - an international network of artists, composers and
designers noted for blending idfferent artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. A strong
current of anti commercial and anti art sensibility. Influenced by Duchamp, played an important
role in the opening up of definitions of what art can be.
Interactive(ity) - CORRECT ANSWER - form of art that involes the spectator in a way
that allows the art to achieve its purpose
Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - actions and discussion to discover possible solution
to a problem
Mural - CORRECT ANSWER - A large painting applied directly to a wall of ceiling
surface
Sound(Audio) art - CORRECT ANSWER - An artistic discipline in which sound is utilised
as a medium.
Straight (pure) photography - CORRECT ANSWER - Photos that are very sharp and in
focus that distinguises photography from other genre of art especially painting.
Support - CORRECT ANSWER - The actual material or surface on which a painting is
create, most usually paper, canvas or a wooden panel
Tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - The surface finish or feel of a paper, how rough or smooth
it is. This has impact on how well a medium will grip onto the paper, and the type of mark-
making that can be made with the surface.
Performance art - CORRECT ANSWER -
