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NYSTCE Visual Arts 167 Exam Prep 2025: 115 Artistic
Processes & Materials Questions with 100% Verified
Answers (New Edition)
7 elements of art ......ANSWER........line, shape, form, color, value,
texture, space
12 Principles of Design ......ANSWER........Unity, variety, emphasis,
rhythm, movement, balance, pattern, contrast, repetition,
hierarchy, white space, and proportion.
The effects that may result when the art elements are structured
to achieve a successful composition.
Sgraffito ......ANSWER........scratching through a layer of paint to
reveal the surface underneath
alla prima painting ......ANSWER........technique entails painting
wet oil paint onto wet oil layers that have not dried yet.
- direct painting or wet on wet
trompe l'oeil ......ANSWER........French for "to deceive the eye"
-visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into
perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
-3D illusion of 2D artwork
Intaglio printmaking ......ANSWER........opposite of relief print-
making
- image is carved into a surface and ink is held in those lines for
printing
-carving or etching
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Lithography ......ANSWER........the process of printing from a flat
surface (limestone or aluminum) treated so as to repel the ink
except where it is required for printing.
screen printing ......ANSWER........Ink is forced through stenciled
silk with a squeegee in this printmaking process.
Collography Printmaking ......ANSWER........materials of various
textures are attached to a surface for printmaking
Frottage ......ANSWER........A textural transfer technique; the
process of making rubbings with graphite or crayon on paper
laid over a textured surface
mezzotint ......ANSWER........-gradation technique in intaglio
printmaking
-picture engraved on copper or steel by polishing (smooth-
lighter) or scraping away (rough-darker) parts of a roughened
surface
Aquatint ......ANSWER........an intaglio printmaking process that
uses melted rosin or spray paint to create an acid-resistant
ground
-creates tonal effects, gradation
-watercolor wash effect
earthenware ......ANSWER........Anything made of clay and baked
in a kiln or dried in the sun.
-low fire, terra cotta
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Stoneware ......ANSWER........Clay that is gray and becomes white
after firing and is used for working, cooking wares and for
decorative pottery
-mid-high fire
porcelain ......ANSWER........a white ceramic made of fine clay
baked at very high temperatures
-originated in China
-high fire 1800 deg. C
Caliper ......ANSWER........A measuring instrument having two
adjustable jaws typically used to measure diameter or thickness
for rings or lids
preferred material for traditional sculptors
......ANSWER........Marble
first functional pottery vessels created in
......ANSWER........10,000 BC
Gouges ......ANSWER........to make a deep cut or dent
three clay hand building methods ......ANSWER........slab, coil,
pinch pot
greenware ......ANSWER........unfired clay
Mandrel ......ANSWER........tool that sizes and shapes rings
Soldering ......ANSWER........Process of joining two metallic
surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually
tin and lead) across them.
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filigree ......ANSWER........delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
f stop ......ANSWER........A camera setting that determines the
amount of light passing through the lens by controlling the size of
the iris.
Aperture (camera) ......ANSWER........the opening of a lens's
diaphragm through which light passes.
petroglyph ......ANSWER........rock carving
Frescoes ......ANSWER........Paintings made on wet plaster walls-
pigment mixed with water and applied to wet plaster wall
Chiaroscuro ......ANSWER........the treatment of light and shade in
drawing and painting
Tenebrism ......ANSWER........dramatic use of intense darkness and
light to heighten the impact of a painting
Byzantine Architecture ......ANSWER........Characterized in
architecture by round arches, large domes, and extensive use of
mosaic
Romanesque style ......ANSWER........This architecture style
featured massive stone walls and rounded arches.
Gothic style ......ANSWER........type of European architecture that
developed in the Middle Ages, characterized by flying
buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs
NYSTCE Visual Arts 167 Exam Prep 2025: 115 Artistic
Processes & Materials Questions with 100% Verified
Answers (New Edition)
7 elements of art ......ANSWER........line, shape, form, color, value,
texture, space
12 Principles of Design ......ANSWER........Unity, variety, emphasis,
rhythm, movement, balance, pattern, contrast, repetition,
hierarchy, white space, and proportion.
The effects that may result when the art elements are structured
to achieve a successful composition.
Sgraffito ......ANSWER........scratching through a layer of paint to
reveal the surface underneath
alla prima painting ......ANSWER........technique entails painting
wet oil paint onto wet oil layers that have not dried yet.
- direct painting or wet on wet
trompe l'oeil ......ANSWER........French for "to deceive the eye"
-visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into
perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
-3D illusion of 2D artwork
Intaglio printmaking ......ANSWER........opposite of relief print-
making
- image is carved into a surface and ink is held in those lines for
printing
-carving or etching
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Lithography ......ANSWER........the process of printing from a flat
surface (limestone or aluminum) treated so as to repel the ink
except where it is required for printing.
screen printing ......ANSWER........Ink is forced through stenciled
silk with a squeegee in this printmaking process.
Collography Printmaking ......ANSWER........materials of various
textures are attached to a surface for printmaking
Frottage ......ANSWER........A textural transfer technique; the
process of making rubbings with graphite or crayon on paper
laid over a textured surface
mezzotint ......ANSWER........-gradation technique in intaglio
printmaking
-picture engraved on copper or steel by polishing (smooth-
lighter) or scraping away (rough-darker) parts of a roughened
surface
Aquatint ......ANSWER........an intaglio printmaking process that
uses melted rosin or spray paint to create an acid-resistant
ground
-creates tonal effects, gradation
-watercolor wash effect
earthenware ......ANSWER........Anything made of clay and baked
in a kiln or dried in the sun.
-low fire, terra cotta
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Stoneware ......ANSWER........Clay that is gray and becomes white
after firing and is used for working, cooking wares and for
decorative pottery
-mid-high fire
porcelain ......ANSWER........a white ceramic made of fine clay
baked at very high temperatures
-originated in China
-high fire 1800 deg. C
Caliper ......ANSWER........A measuring instrument having two
adjustable jaws typically used to measure diameter or thickness
for rings or lids
preferred material for traditional sculptors
......ANSWER........Marble
first functional pottery vessels created in
......ANSWER........10,000 BC
Gouges ......ANSWER........to make a deep cut or dent
three clay hand building methods ......ANSWER........slab, coil,
pinch pot
greenware ......ANSWER........unfired clay
Mandrel ......ANSWER........tool that sizes and shapes rings
Soldering ......ANSWER........Process of joining two metallic
surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually
tin and lead) across them.
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filigree ......ANSWER........delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
f stop ......ANSWER........A camera setting that determines the
amount of light passing through the lens by controlling the size of
the iris.
Aperture (camera) ......ANSWER........the opening of a lens's
diaphragm through which light passes.
petroglyph ......ANSWER........rock carving
Frescoes ......ANSWER........Paintings made on wet plaster walls-
pigment mixed with water and applied to wet plaster wall
Chiaroscuro ......ANSWER........the treatment of light and shade in
drawing and painting
Tenebrism ......ANSWER........dramatic use of intense darkness and
light to heighten the impact of a painting
Byzantine Architecture ......ANSWER........Characterized in
architecture by round arches, large domes, and extensive use of
mosaic
Romanesque style ......ANSWER........This architecture style
featured massive stone walls and rounded arches.
Gothic style ......ANSWER........type of European architecture that
developed in the Middle Ages, characterized by flying
buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs
