NYSTCE Visual Art CST 167 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
7 elements of art - CORRECT ANSWER - line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space
12 Principles of Design - CORRECT ANSWER - Unity, variety, emphasis, rhythm,
movement, balance, pattern, contrast, repetition, hierarchy, white space, and proportion.
The effects that may result when the art elements are structured to achieve a successful
composition.
Sgraffito - CORRECT ANSWER - scratching through a layer of paint to reveal the surface
underneath
alla prima painting - CORRECT ANSWER - technique entails painting wet oil paint onto
wet oil layers that have not dried yet.
- direct painting or wet on wet
trompe l'oeil - CORRECT ANSWER - French for "to deceive the eye"
-visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a
three-dimensional object.
-3D illusion of 2D artwork
Intaglio printmaking - CORRECT ANSWER - opposite of relief print-making
- image is carved into a surface and ink is held in those lines for printing
-carving or etching
, Lithography - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of printing from a flat surface
(limestone or aluminum) treated so as to repel the ink except where it is required for printing.
screen printing - CORRECT ANSWER - Ink is forced through stenciled silk with a
squeegee in this printmaking process.
Collography Printmaking - CORRECT ANSWER - materials of various textures are
attached to a surface for printmaking
Frottage - CORRECT ANSWER - A textural transfer technique; the process of making
rubbings with graphite or crayon on paper laid over a textured surface
mezzotint - CORRECT ANSWER - -gradation technique in intaglio printmaking
-picture engraved on copper or steel by polishing (smooth-lighter) or scraping away (rough-
darker) parts of a roughened surface
Aquatint - CORRECT ANSWER - an intaglio printmaking process that uses melted rosin
or spray paint to create an acid-resistant ground
-creates tonal effects, gradation
-watercolor wash effect
earthenware - CORRECT ANSWER - Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried
in the sun.
-low fire, terra cotta
Stoneware - CORRECT ANSWER - Clay that is gray and becomes white after firing and
is used for working, cooking wares and for decorative pottery
-mid-high fire
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
7 elements of art - CORRECT ANSWER - line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space
12 Principles of Design - CORRECT ANSWER - Unity, variety, emphasis, rhythm,
movement, balance, pattern, contrast, repetition, hierarchy, white space, and proportion.
The effects that may result when the art elements are structured to achieve a successful
composition.
Sgraffito - CORRECT ANSWER - scratching through a layer of paint to reveal the surface
underneath
alla prima painting - CORRECT ANSWER - technique entails painting wet oil paint onto
wet oil layers that have not dried yet.
- direct painting or wet on wet
trompe l'oeil - CORRECT ANSWER - French for "to deceive the eye"
-visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a
three-dimensional object.
-3D illusion of 2D artwork
Intaglio printmaking - CORRECT ANSWER - opposite of relief print-making
- image is carved into a surface and ink is held in those lines for printing
-carving or etching
, Lithography - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of printing from a flat surface
(limestone or aluminum) treated so as to repel the ink except where it is required for printing.
screen printing - CORRECT ANSWER - Ink is forced through stenciled silk with a
squeegee in this printmaking process.
Collography Printmaking - CORRECT ANSWER - materials of various textures are
attached to a surface for printmaking
Frottage - CORRECT ANSWER - A textural transfer technique; the process of making
rubbings with graphite or crayon on paper laid over a textured surface
mezzotint - CORRECT ANSWER - -gradation technique in intaglio printmaking
-picture engraved on copper or steel by polishing (smooth-lighter) or scraping away (rough-
darker) parts of a roughened surface
Aquatint - CORRECT ANSWER - an intaglio printmaking process that uses melted rosin
or spray paint to create an acid-resistant ground
-creates tonal effects, gradation
-watercolor wash effect
earthenware - CORRECT ANSWER - Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried
in the sun.
-low fire, terra cotta
Stoneware - CORRECT ANSWER - Clay that is gray and becomes white after firing and
is used for working, cooking wares and for decorative pottery
-mid-high fire
