Texes Art EC-12 Exam Questions and
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Kandinsky - ANSWERS -Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Abstract Art - ANSWERS -Art form that represents ideas using geometric and other designs
instead of natural forms seeking to break away from traditional representation of physical
objects. Pioneered by Kandinsky and others in the early 20th century.
Salvador Dali - ANSWERS -A Spanish surrealist artist and one of the most important painters of
the 20th century; painted
-Melting Clocks
-The persistence of memory
-Inventions of the monsters
Surrealism - ANSWERS -a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of
Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent
unconscious thoughts and dreams
Jackson Pollock - ANSWERS -US artist famous for painting with a drip technique; Ex. a leader of
abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
Miro - ANSWERS -Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)
Sistene Chapel - ANSWERS -ceiling of a chapel in the Vatican painted by Michelangelo of scenes
from the Bible
, Fresco - ANSWERS -A technique of painting on walls covered with moist plaster. It was used to
decorate Minoan and Mycenaean palaces and Roman villas, and became an important medium
during the Italian Renaissance. (p. 73)
Italian Renaissance - ANSWERS -The early period in which Italy was the center of the
Renaissance and also the revival of classical art; 1350-1550
Intensity - ANSWERS -degrees of shading between black and white (expressive drawing effect)
Cloisonne - ANSWERS -enameling technique where thin wire partitions (cloisons) are filled with
enamel (art form from ancient Byzantium)
Chiaroscuro - ANSWERS -using light (chiaro) and dark, or shade (use of shading)
Hue - ANSWERS -dimension of color determined by wavelength of light (one of the main
properties of color)
Veduta - ANSWERS -Italian for "view" (landscape painting popular in 18th century Venice)
Volute - ANSWERS -architectural element on an ionic capital (partially unrolled scroll)
Value - ANSWERS -darkness or lightness of a color (amt of light reflected by a hue)
Tempura - ANSWERS -painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk
Monet - ANSWERS -French impressionist painter (1840-1926); Impressionism
Answers14
Kandinsky - ANSWERS -Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Abstract Art - ANSWERS -Art form that represents ideas using geometric and other designs
instead of natural forms seeking to break away from traditional representation of physical
objects. Pioneered by Kandinsky and others in the early 20th century.
Salvador Dali - ANSWERS -A Spanish surrealist artist and one of the most important painters of
the 20th century; painted
-Melting Clocks
-The persistence of memory
-Inventions of the monsters
Surrealism - ANSWERS -a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of
Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent
unconscious thoughts and dreams
Jackson Pollock - ANSWERS -US artist famous for painting with a drip technique; Ex. a leader of
abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
Miro - ANSWERS -Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)
Sistene Chapel - ANSWERS -ceiling of a chapel in the Vatican painted by Michelangelo of scenes
from the Bible
, Fresco - ANSWERS -A technique of painting on walls covered with moist plaster. It was used to
decorate Minoan and Mycenaean palaces and Roman villas, and became an important medium
during the Italian Renaissance. (p. 73)
Italian Renaissance - ANSWERS -The early period in which Italy was the center of the
Renaissance and also the revival of classical art; 1350-1550
Intensity - ANSWERS -degrees of shading between black and white (expressive drawing effect)
Cloisonne - ANSWERS -enameling technique where thin wire partitions (cloisons) are filled with
enamel (art form from ancient Byzantium)
Chiaroscuro - ANSWERS -using light (chiaro) and dark, or shade (use of shading)
Hue - ANSWERS -dimension of color determined by wavelength of light (one of the main
properties of color)
Veduta - ANSWERS -Italian for "view" (landscape painting popular in 18th century Venice)
Volute - ANSWERS -architectural element on an ionic capital (partially unrolled scroll)
Value - ANSWERS -darkness or lightness of a color (amt of light reflected by a hue)
Tempura - ANSWERS -painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk
Monet - ANSWERS -French impressionist painter (1840-1926); Impressionism
