Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






2. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






3. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid






4. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






5. Pagoda






6. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






7. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






8. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






9. Continuous frieze






10. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






11. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






12. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






13. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






14. ...






15. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






16. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






17. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






18. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






19. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






20. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






21. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






22. rayons resistant to what?






23. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






24. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






25. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






26. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






27. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






28. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






29. A dominant idea or central theme






30. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






31. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






32. Fix






33. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






34. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






35. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






36. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






37. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






38. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






39. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






40. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






41. Made out of Metal






42. Origin is Mayan






43. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






44. What color do two secondary colors make?






45. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






46. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






47. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






48. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


49. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






50. Most common oil in oil paints






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests