Praxis Art Content Knowledge UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Batik - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Traditional textile art form in Indonesia. Wax design
applied to white cotton fabric. Artist paints with hot melted wax on dry fabric using a
tjanting. Fabrics are placed in progressively darker dyes with new applications of wax
between dye baths.
Shipping a charcoal drawing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mount on museum board, spray
with fixative, tape same size paper on top. DO NOT roll.
Josiah Wedgewood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Neoclassical potter. Pastels and whites.
Contemporary of architect, Robert Adam. Their styles influenced each other.
Robert Adam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Neoclassical architect. Frescoed ceilings similar
to contemporary, Josiah Wedgewood's pottery.
Chac Mool - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mesoamerican Mayan sculptures of reclining males
with bowls in their laps. Unearthed in modern times. Pre-Columbian. Ex: Temple of Warriors,
Chichen, Itza, Mexico.
Kwakiutl - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Known
for their totem poles, masks, and canoes.
Olmec - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mesoamerican civilization known for enormous stone
representations of the human head carved. Heads are up to 9 feet tall, carved from basalt
boulders, and weigh nearly 8 tons. Individualistic facial features lead experts to believe they
were portraits of their rulers.
Taj Mahal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Commissioned by the Maghal emperor Shah Jahan as
a memorial and tomb for his wife, Mamtaz Mahal.
,Iconographic Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Analysis which concerns itself with
symbols, themes, and subject matter of works of art in order to establish the meaning an
artwork had at the time of its creation.
Cobalt - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Toxic pigment. Ex of non toxic pigments: mars black,
burnt sienna, and ultramarine violet.
Imari - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Japanese porcelain made in the town of Arita. Named for
the port from which it was exported extensively during the 1600's and 1700's. Best known
kind by Westerners is Kinrande. Still made today.
Jade - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Green stone traditionally used for carvings and jewelry in
China.
Celadon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ceramic wares glazed in the jade-green color of the
same name. This color is classically produced by firing a glaze containing a small amount of
iron oxide in a reducing kiln. Originated in China - also made in Japan, Korea, and Thailand.
Tessarae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Glass tile, usually in the shape of a cube. Used to make
mosaics. Also known as abaciscus or abaculus. Used a lot in Byzantine and Roman mosaics.
Chinoiserie - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Western art or architecture with motifs and
techniques which mimic those or Chinese art. Prevalent in the 18th century.
Sfumato - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Technique of gradually allowing tones and colors to
fade into each other. Softened outlines. Hazy figures. Ex: the Mona Lisa.
Contraposto - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Asymmetrical arrangement of a figure where the
weight is positioned onto one hip, naturalistically.
Cast paper sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casting paper pulp into a mold to create a
relief or around an armature.
, Papier mache - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔French for chewed up paper.
Mixture of paper and glue used as a sculpture medium.
Reticulation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Resembling net or network.
Cracking of the film emulsion due to sudden change in temperature of developer and water.
Free Association - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the
unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind. Developed by
Freud. Common in surrealism. Trying to remove the conscious mind from art.
Coatlicue Figure - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Skirt of snakes." Aztec sculpture of their
primordial earth goddess. Also known as Teteoh Innan "mother of gods."
Totem - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Symbol of a clan or family. Ex. totem pole
Odalisque - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Turkish word for a female slave or concubine in a
harem.
Stupa - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound.
Contain relics.
Torii - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Archway marking entrance to the shinto shrine or other
sacred site. Japanese.
Mihrab - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the
direction of Mecca
Ziggarat - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Step pyramid. Ancient Assyrian and Babylonian.
Benin sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bronze sculptures and plaques made by Edo
African civilization of the 13th century. which decorated the royal palace of this kingdom in
modern day Nigeria.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Batik - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Traditional textile art form in Indonesia. Wax design
applied to white cotton fabric. Artist paints with hot melted wax on dry fabric using a
tjanting. Fabrics are placed in progressively darker dyes with new applications of wax
between dye baths.
Shipping a charcoal drawing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mount on museum board, spray
with fixative, tape same size paper on top. DO NOT roll.
Josiah Wedgewood - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Neoclassical potter. Pastels and whites.
Contemporary of architect, Robert Adam. Their styles influenced each other.
Robert Adam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Neoclassical architect. Frescoed ceilings similar
to contemporary, Josiah Wedgewood's pottery.
Chac Mool - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mesoamerican Mayan sculptures of reclining males
with bowls in their laps. Unearthed in modern times. Pre-Columbian. Ex: Temple of Warriors,
Chichen, Itza, Mexico.
Kwakiutl - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Known
for their totem poles, masks, and canoes.
Olmec - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mesoamerican civilization known for enormous stone
representations of the human head carved. Heads are up to 9 feet tall, carved from basalt
boulders, and weigh nearly 8 tons. Individualistic facial features lead experts to believe they
were portraits of their rulers.
Taj Mahal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Commissioned by the Maghal emperor Shah Jahan as
a memorial and tomb for his wife, Mamtaz Mahal.
,Iconographic Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Analysis which concerns itself with
symbols, themes, and subject matter of works of art in order to establish the meaning an
artwork had at the time of its creation.
Cobalt - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Toxic pigment. Ex of non toxic pigments: mars black,
burnt sienna, and ultramarine violet.
Imari - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Japanese porcelain made in the town of Arita. Named for
the port from which it was exported extensively during the 1600's and 1700's. Best known
kind by Westerners is Kinrande. Still made today.
Jade - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Green stone traditionally used for carvings and jewelry in
China.
Celadon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ceramic wares glazed in the jade-green color of the
same name. This color is classically produced by firing a glaze containing a small amount of
iron oxide in a reducing kiln. Originated in China - also made in Japan, Korea, and Thailand.
Tessarae - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Glass tile, usually in the shape of a cube. Used to make
mosaics. Also known as abaciscus or abaculus. Used a lot in Byzantine and Roman mosaics.
Chinoiserie - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Western art or architecture with motifs and
techniques which mimic those or Chinese art. Prevalent in the 18th century.
Sfumato - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Technique of gradually allowing tones and colors to
fade into each other. Softened outlines. Hazy figures. Ex: the Mona Lisa.
Contraposto - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Asymmetrical arrangement of a figure where the
weight is positioned onto one hip, naturalistically.
Cast paper sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casting paper pulp into a mold to create a
relief or around an armature.
, Papier mache - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔French for chewed up paper.
Mixture of paper and glue used as a sculpture medium.
Reticulation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Resembling net or network.
Cracking of the film emulsion due to sudden change in temperature of developer and water.
Free Association - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the
unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind. Developed by
Freud. Common in surrealism. Trying to remove the conscious mind from art.
Coatlicue Figure - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Skirt of snakes." Aztec sculpture of their
primordial earth goddess. Also known as Teteoh Innan "mother of gods."
Totem - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Symbol of a clan or family. Ex. totem pole
Odalisque - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Turkish word for a female slave or concubine in a
harem.
Stupa - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound.
Contain relics.
Torii - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Archway marking entrance to the shinto shrine or other
sacred site. Japanese.
Mihrab - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the
direction of Mecca
Ziggarat - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Step pyramid. Ancient Assyrian and Babylonian.
Benin sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bronze sculptures and plaques made by Edo
African civilization of the 13th century. which decorated the royal palace of this kingdom in
modern day Nigeria.
