Praxis Art: Content Knowledge (5134) Practice Test 1 Questions With100%Verified Answers A+GRADED
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Praxis Art: Content Knowledge (5134) Practice Test 1 Questions With100%Verified Answers A+GRADED
In terms of textile arts, the final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece is which of the following?
A. stitching
B. blocking
C. molding
D. none o...
Praxis Art: Content Knowledge (5134)
Practice Test 1 Questions
With100%Verified Answers A+GRADED
In terms of textile arts, the final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the
shape of the finished piece is which of the following?
A. stitching
B. blocking
C. molding
D. none of the above - Correct answer...✔✔B. Blocking
Blocking is a final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the
finished piece. Blocking is only effective on natural fibers.
What term is used to describe an artistic genre in which disparate objects are brought
together to transform a viewer's perception of a space?
A. Installation
B. Mobile
C. Action painting
D. Abstract expressionism - Correct answer...✔✔A. Installation
An installation is a collection of disparate objects brought together to transform a
viewer's perception of a space. It is often meant to evoke a variety of associations,
thoughts, and moods.
The nineteenth century encompassed a number of movements in art. The group of
artists of this period who had a mutual distaste for contemporary academic painting and
intended to reform art by rejecting this approach by returning to the abundant detail,
intense colors, and complex compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art was
known as which of the following?
A. Nazarenes
B. Jugendstil
C. Romantics
D. Pre-Raphaelites - Correct answer...✔✔D. Pre-Raphaelites
The Pre-Raphaelites were a small but influential association of artists that included,
(among others): Dante Gabriel Rossetti, T. Woolner, and John Everett Millais. For their
subject matter they drew inspiration from the Bible and great works of literature. The
group's intention was to reform art by rejecting what they considered to be the
mechanistic approach first adopted by the Mannerist artists.
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,In color printing, the key plate is used to print
A. The lightest color
B. The background in an image
C. The details in an image
D. The reverse of an image - Correct answer...✔✔C. The details in an image
In color printing, the key plate, which is inked with the darkest color, provides the details
of an image. The key plate is usually inked with black.
Most pastel artists like to work on tinted papers made especially for pastel work. The
mold-made paper produced in Italy that is one of the most widely used papers for pastel
work is which of the following?
A. Canson Mi-Teintes
B. Sansfix
C. Velour paper
D. Ingres - Correct answer...✔✔D. Ingres
Ingres is a mold-made paper produced in Italy. It is one of the most widely used papers
for pastel work. It has a hard surface and a laid finish, with a neutral pH. It is suitable for
charcoal and chalk and has a wide selection of colors.
In digital printing, landscape format refers to
A. An image that is wider than it is tall
B. An image that has been enlarged from its original size
C. An image that has been cropped
D. An image that has subtle variations of light and dark - Correct answer...✔✔A. An
image that is wider than it is tall
The term "landscape" comes from the traditional format of a landscape painting. It is
wider than it is tall. An image that is taller than it is wide is in portrait format, also an
analogy to painting.
Which of the following phrases is an accurate description of the term, sgraffito?
A. Painting or drawing over a seemingly completed work of art.
B. The technique of using smoke in performance art.
C. Scratching through the layer of one color to expose another layer underneath.
D. A skin mutilation method, which in some countries is considered to be beautification.
- Correct answer...✔✔C. Scratching through the layer of one color to expose another
layer underneath.
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,Sgraffito is the method of decorating a surface such as paint, plaster, slip, or glaze, by
scratching through a layer of one color to expose a different color underneath.
A clay usually but not always containing iron oxide which imparts a characteristic
reddish color to it is which of the following?
A. terra cotta
B. sculptors' clay
C. wet clay
D. modeling clay - Correct answer...✔✔A. Terra cotta
Terra cotta is ceramic clay usually but not always containing iron oxide which imparts a
characteristic reddish color to it. Pale, whitish varieties are also in use, as well as those
of intermediate colors obtained by mixing clays and by adding small amounts of iron
oxide or other coloring ingredients.
In terms of videography, the shape of an image or frame, expressed as the width-to-
height ratio is which of the following?
A. depth perception
B. perspective
C. aspect ratio
D. composite ratio - Correct answer...✔✔C. Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio is the shape of an image or frame, expressed as the width-to-height
ratio. Widescreen film uses a 16:9 aspect ratio, whereas standard television uses 4:3
aspect ratio.
What term is used to describe a drawing technique that suggests the roundness of
forms through differences in intensity?
A. Modeling
B. Shadowing
C. Burnishing
D. Scaling - Correct answer...✔✔A. Modeling
Modeling uses shading to suggest the roundness and three-dimensionality of forms. It is
one method of creating perspective in a drawing
Which of the following is an accurate description of the term, panning, as used in film?
A. Zooming in on the image quickly.
B. Slowly fading the image into black.
C. Rotating the lens around the vertical axis.
D. Creating a collage of several shots. - Correct answer...✔✔C. Rotating the lens
around the vertical axis.
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, One of many creative techniques used in filmmaking, panning refers to the technique
involving the rotation of the camera lens around a vertical axis.
Which of the following types of tape is best for stretching paper?
A. masking tape
B. self-adhesive tape
C. duct tape
D. gummed brown-paper tape - Correct answer...✔✔D. Gummed brown-paper tape
Use only gummed brown-paper tape for stretching paper. Other tapes will not adhere to
damp paper. Also, plastic-coated boards are not suitable, because gummed tape will
not stick to them. Wooden boards are best.
To lighten the color of watercolors, an artists adds
A. Water
B. Turpentine
C. White
D. A neutral color - Correct answer...✔✔C. Water
Watercolors are transparent. Therefore, they cannot be lightened by adding white.
Watercolors are lightened by adding water.
In digital art, which of the following is the definition of 'noise'?
A. Colors that are distracting to the viewer.
B. Data retrieved during scanning that is not included in the original.
C. Any display tactic, such as framing that distracts from the final work.
D. The concept of using a title to describe the work, rather than allowing the viewer to
experience it for him or her self. - Correct answer...✔✔B. Data retrieved during
scanning that is not included in the original.
In terms of digital art, 'noise' refers to unidentifiable marks that are not included in the
original. Those marks are picked up during scanning.
A groin vault is formed by
A. The extension of a round arch
B. The intersection of barrel vaults
C. The linking of corbel arches
D. The bisection of a dome - Correct answer...✔✔B. The intersection of barrel vaults
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