FTCE ART k-12 EXAM PREP questions and
answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
fresco
- correct answer a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is
used as the vehicle for the pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the
painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the
Italian adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural
painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco
technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting
wash
- correct answer visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color. A wash of diluted ink
or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink
and wash.[4] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is
likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting.
impasto
- correct answer a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick
layers,[1] usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be
mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of
the canvas.
dry brush
- correct answer a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is
used. Load is applied to a dry support such as paper or primed canvas. The resulting brush strokes have
a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or blended paint commonly
have.
Lost-wax casting
- correct answer is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze)
is cast from an original sculpture.
, incising
- correct answer to engrave a design by cutting or scraping into the clay surface at any stage of drying,
from soft to bone dry. With hard bone-dry clay you will obtain more precise lines, but you have to be
very careful that it does not break.
lithography
- correct answer is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.
intaglio
- correct answer a design incised or engraved into a material. the incised area holds the ink.
High Renaissance
- correct answer The elongated proportions and exaggerated poses in the late works of Michelangelo,
Andrea del Sarto and Correggio prefigure so-called Mannerism, as the style of the later Renaissance is
referred to in art history. Many consider 16th century High Renaissance art to be largely dominated by
three individuals: Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci.High Renaissance art is characterized by
references to classical art and delicate application of developments from the Early Renaissance (such as
on-point perspective). Overall, works from the High Renaissance display restrained beauty where all of
the parts are subordinate to the cohesive composition of the whole.
impressionism
- correct answer Picking up on the ideas of Gustave Courbet, the Impressionists aimed to be painters of
the real - they aimed to extend the possible subjects for paintings. Getting away from depictions of
idealized forms and perfect symmetry, but rather concentrating on the world as they saw it, imperfect in
a miriad number of ways.Picking up on the ideas of Gustave Courbet, the Impressionists aimed to be
painters of the real - they aimed to extend the possible subjects for paintings. Getting away from
depictions of idealized forms and perfect symmetry, but rather concentrating on the world as they saw
it, imperfect in a miriad number of ways.
Howard Gardner
- correct answer the concept of multiple intelligences in visual arts.
Gardner's theory suggests that individuals may possess many different kinds of intelligence, including
the following; linguistic, logicalmathematical, musical, spatial, bodilykinesthetic, interpersonal,
intrapersonal, and naturalist.
"there is more than one way to define a person's intellect"
answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
fresco
- correct answer a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is
used as the vehicle for the pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the
painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the
Italian adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural
painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco
technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting
wash
- correct answer visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color. A wash of diluted ink
or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink
and wash.[4] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is
likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting.
impasto
- correct answer a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick
layers,[1] usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be
mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of
the canvas.
dry brush
- correct answer a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is
used. Load is applied to a dry support such as paper or primed canvas. The resulting brush strokes have
a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or blended paint commonly
have.
Lost-wax casting
- correct answer is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze)
is cast from an original sculpture.
, incising
- correct answer to engrave a design by cutting or scraping into the clay surface at any stage of drying,
from soft to bone dry. With hard bone-dry clay you will obtain more precise lines, but you have to be
very careful that it does not break.
lithography
- correct answer is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.
intaglio
- correct answer a design incised or engraved into a material. the incised area holds the ink.
High Renaissance
- correct answer The elongated proportions and exaggerated poses in the late works of Michelangelo,
Andrea del Sarto and Correggio prefigure so-called Mannerism, as the style of the later Renaissance is
referred to in art history. Many consider 16th century High Renaissance art to be largely dominated by
three individuals: Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci.High Renaissance art is characterized by
references to classical art and delicate application of developments from the Early Renaissance (such as
on-point perspective). Overall, works from the High Renaissance display restrained beauty where all of
the parts are subordinate to the cohesive composition of the whole.
impressionism
- correct answer Picking up on the ideas of Gustave Courbet, the Impressionists aimed to be painters of
the real - they aimed to extend the possible subjects for paintings. Getting away from depictions of
idealized forms and perfect symmetry, but rather concentrating on the world as they saw it, imperfect in
a miriad number of ways.Picking up on the ideas of Gustave Courbet, the Impressionists aimed to be
painters of the real - they aimed to extend the possible subjects for paintings. Getting away from
depictions of idealized forms and perfect symmetry, but rather concentrating on the world as they saw
it, imperfect in a miriad number of ways.
Howard Gardner
- correct answer the concept of multiple intelligences in visual arts.
Gardner's theory suggests that individuals may possess many different kinds of intelligence, including
the following; linguistic, logicalmathematical, musical, spatial, bodilykinesthetic, interpersonal,
intrapersonal, and naturalist.
"there is more than one way to define a person's intellect"
