VISUAL ARTS LICENSURE TEST
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
3D projects for young students - ANSWER cutting and pasting paper, mask
making, puppet making, weaving
Aboriginal Art - ANSWER dot paintings, paint-from plants, create art to
preserve and celebrate memory of dreamtime
Abstract Expressionism - ANSWER American art movement of the 1940s that
emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework.
Abstract Expressionism (artists) - ANSWER Jackson Pollock, Willem de
Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko
Acrylic Mediums and Gels - ANSWER Range in consistency and thickness,
Used to manipulate acrylic paint
Actual texture - ANSWER something that is actually rough or bumpy to the
touch
Additive - 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 - ANSWER create logos, or symbols or trademarks that
are immediately recognizable
aesthetic theories - ANSWER realistic, hedonist, formalist, and expressive
aesthetics - 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 - ANSWER focus on students' personal
experiences and cultural contexts, 3rd grade, students have more vocabulary to
discuss art, introduce aesthetic theories
Alla Prima - ANSWER Wet-on-wet oil painting, pochade small preparatory oil
sketch before actual painting
analogous colors - ANSWER colors next to each other on the color wheel
analysis of artwork - 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 - ANSWER creates multiple images, that give an illusion of
movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence
applique - ANSWER a decorative design made of one material sewn over
another
aquatint - 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 - ANSWER a kind of decoration intertwining flowers
Archaic Art (Greece) - ANSWER 600-480 BC, Kuoros stone figures, Vase
painting
Architect/Architecture - ANSWER A trained professional who designs
buildings, homes, and various structures in which people live and interact with.
art - ANSWER a tool for elementary students to learn about themselves and
the world around them
Art criticism - ANSWER The discussion or evaluation of visual art.
, Art Deco - ANSWER A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms,
and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation.
Art Deco (artists) - ANSWER Tamara de Lempicka, Joseph Csaky, Antoine
Bourdelle, John Wagner, Gheorghe Leonida
art history - ANSWER students gain understanding of how artists and art made
contributions to culture and society
Art Nouveau (artists) - ANSWER Théophile Steinlen, Aubrey Beardsley,
Alphonse Mucha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret
Art Nouveau - 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 - ANSWER Forms of modern sculpture and painting utilizing
readymades, found objects, and pasted fragments to form an abstract
composition.
Assemblage (artists) - ANSWER Robert Rauschenberg, Wallace Berman ,
Joseph Cornell, Edward Kienholz , André Breton
Aztec Art - ANSWER Capital was Mexico City, Massive statues of gods -
regular human sacrifice, Skilled in gold work, Came after the Mayans
Balance - ANSWER A condition in which different elements are equal or in
the correct proportions. There are three types of visual balance: symmetry,
asymmetry, and radial.
Baldacchino - ANSWER Ornamental canopy over an altar (church)
Barbizon - ANSWER A group of 19th-century French painters who rejected
idealized landscape painting and sought a more informal, realistic portrayal of
nature.
Barbizon (artists) - ANSWER Jean-François Millet, Gustave Courbet, Karl
Bodmer, Hippolyte Boulenger, Théodore Rousseau
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
3D projects for young students - ANSWER cutting and pasting paper, mask
making, puppet making, weaving
Aboriginal Art - ANSWER dot paintings, paint-from plants, create art to
preserve and celebrate memory of dreamtime
Abstract Expressionism - ANSWER American art movement of the 1940s that
emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework.
Abstract Expressionism (artists) - ANSWER Jackson Pollock, Willem de
Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko
Acrylic Mediums and Gels - ANSWER Range in consistency and thickness,
Used to manipulate acrylic paint
Actual texture - ANSWER something that is actually rough or bumpy to the
touch
Additive - 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 - ANSWER create logos, or symbols or trademarks that
are immediately recognizable
aesthetic theories - ANSWER realistic, hedonist, formalist, and expressive
aesthetics - 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 - ANSWER focus on students' personal
experiences and cultural contexts, 3rd grade, students have more vocabulary to
discuss art, introduce aesthetic theories
Alla Prima - ANSWER Wet-on-wet oil painting, pochade small preparatory oil
sketch before actual painting
analogous colors - ANSWER colors next to each other on the color wheel
analysis of artwork - 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 - ANSWER creates multiple images, that give an illusion of
movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence
applique - ANSWER a decorative design made of one material sewn over
another
aquatint - 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 - ANSWER a kind of decoration intertwining flowers
Archaic Art (Greece) - ANSWER 600-480 BC, Kuoros stone figures, Vase
painting
Architect/Architecture - ANSWER A trained professional who designs
buildings, homes, and various structures in which people live and interact with.
art - ANSWER a tool for elementary students to learn about themselves and
the world around them
Art criticism - ANSWER The discussion or evaluation of visual art.
, Art Deco - ANSWER A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms,
and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation.
Art Deco (artists) - ANSWER Tamara de Lempicka, Joseph Csaky, Antoine
Bourdelle, John Wagner, Gheorghe Leonida
art history - ANSWER students gain understanding of how artists and art made
contributions to culture and society
Art Nouveau (artists) - ANSWER Théophile Steinlen, Aubrey Beardsley,
Alphonse Mucha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret
Art Nouveau - 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 - ANSWER Forms of modern sculpture and painting utilizing
readymades, found objects, and pasted fragments to form an abstract
composition.
Assemblage (artists) - ANSWER Robert Rauschenberg, Wallace Berman ,
Joseph Cornell, Edward Kienholz , André Breton
Aztec Art - ANSWER Capital was Mexico City, Massive statues of gods -
regular human sacrifice, Skilled in gold work, Came after the Mayans
Balance - ANSWER A condition in which different elements are equal or in
the correct proportions. There are three types of visual balance: symmetry,
asymmetry, and radial.
Baldacchino - ANSWER Ornamental canopy over an altar (church)
Barbizon - ANSWER A group of 19th-century French painters who rejected
idealized landscape painting and sought a more informal, realistic portrayal of
nature.
Barbizon (artists) - ANSWER Jean-François Millet, Gustave Courbet, Karl
Bodmer, Hippolyte Boulenger, Théodore Rousseau
