Visual Arts Cst, Nystce Practice Exam Questions And Answers

silverpoint {Ans: technique popular during Medieval and Renaissance fine line drawing technique silver rod or wire across a surface Albrecht Durer}Baldacchino {Ans: Ornamental canopy over an altar (church)}Burin {Ans: Metal instrument with sharp point used to incise designs on metal plates and other surfaces (intaglio)}Japanese woodblock printing {Ans: Flat, bright colored prints Contrast, linear patterns Cropped compositions, single point perspective ukiyo-e prints - floating world (brothels, red light district)}Der Blue Reiter {Ans: - expressionist group began in munich 1911 - The Blue Rider artists involved: Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee - expression of emotions - refined art as an object without subject matter but with perceptual properties that were able to convey feelings}Principles of Design {Ans: Repetition, Contrast, Unity, Balance, Emphasis}