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Leaving Cert Art

What has come up on the Art papers (2023–2025), topic by topic, with step-by-step practice at Higher Level and Ordinary Level.

Higher Level Ordinary Level

Art, Higher Level(6 marks)

Three quick ones from the Art topics that come up most.

(a)Which art element describes how light or dark a colour or area is?
  1. Texture
  2. Tone
  3. Line
(b)The person who selects works and plans the theme and layout of an exhibition is the?
  1. Patron
  2. Conservator
  3. Curator
(c)Art made for one particular place, whose meaning depends on that location, is called?
  1. Site-specific art
  2. Portable art
  3. Studio art
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(a) Tone

(b) Curator

(c) Site-specific art

Your turn: pick the answer for each one.

Higher Level

400 flash cards and 240 step-by-step drill questions at Higher Level.

What comes up

How many of the last 3 Art Higher Level papers asked each topic.

TopicAskedLast seenHow often
Art elements & design principles banker3 of 32025
Visual Studies Framework banker3 of 32025
Galleries, museums & curation banker3 of 32025
Public art, murals & street art banker3 of 32025
The working artist & career banker3 of 32025
Art & the environment most years2 of 32025
Artists: processes & media most years2 of 32024
Artists: theory & thinking most years2 of 32025
Craft: textiles & ceramics most years2 of 32025
Photography, film & animation most years2 of 32025
Architecture & interior design 1 of 32023
Art as social commentary 1 of 32023
Fashion, costume & jewellery 1 of 32023
Graphic design & advertising 1 of 32024

More topics: Product & vehicle design.

Try three

Art elements & design principles, 3 marks

A designer makes one word far bigger and brighter than everything else on a page. Which principle is this?

  1. Harmony
  2. Unity
  3. Emphasis
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Emphasis

Emphasis makes one part dominant so the eye goes there first. Size, colour, contrast and isolation can all create it.

Visual Studies Framework, 3 marks

A Section A answer says the mural suits its site. What must follow for high marks?

  1. A list of the art elements and nothing else
  2. Reasons backed by evidence from the work
  3. The artist's full life story and training
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Reasons backed by evidence from the work

Examiners reward point, evidence from the image, reason. An opinion without evidence, or description that ignores the heading given, loses marks.

Galleries, museums & curation, 3 marks

Hugh Lane died on the Lusitania in 1915. His French paintings are now shared between Dublin and?

  1. The National Gallery, London
  2. The Louvre Museum, Paris
  3. The Tate Gallery in Liverpool
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The National Gallery, London

An unwitnessed codicil to his will left them to Dublin, but London kept them. Agreements since 1959 share the collection between the two galleries.

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Ordinary Level

300 flash cards and 150 step-by-step drill questions at Ordinary Level.

What comes up

How many of the last 3 Art Ordinary Level papers asked each topic.

TopicAskedLast seenHow often
Art elements & design principles banker3 of 32025
Visual Studies Framework banker3 of 32025
Fashion, costume & jewellery banker3 of 32025
Public art, murals & street art banker3 of 32025
Graphic design & advertising banker3 of 32025
The working artist & career banker3 of 32025
Artists: theory & thinking most years2 of 32025
Galleries, museums & curation most years2 of 32025
Architecture & interior design 1 of 32024
Art & the environment 1 of 32024
Art as social commentary 1 of 32023
Craft: textiles & ceramics 1 of 32025
Photography, film & animation 1 of 32024
Product & vehicle design 1 of 32025

Try three

Art elements & design principles, 3 marks

A painter makes a smooth, flat canvas look like rough bark. What kind of texture is this?

  1. Actual (real) texture
  2. Negative space
  3. Implied (visual) texture
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Implied (visual) texture

Implied texture only looks rough; the surface is flat. Actual texture can be felt, e.g. thick impasto or glued-on collage.

Fashion, costume & jewellery, 3 marks

Besides looking striking, what must a stage costume let the performer do?

  1. Hide from the audience
  2. Move freely and safely on stage
  3. Stay completely still all the time
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Move freely and safely on stage

Costume must suit the character, time and mood, read clearly from a distance under stage lights, and allow dancing, fighting or quick changes.

Visual Studies Framework, 3 marks

For an artist, what is a primary source?

  1. Something observed first-hand, like a real object
  2. A photo of another artist's work in a book
  3. A critic's written review of an exhibition
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Something observed first-hand, like a real object

Primary sources are studied directly: real objects, places, people. Books, websites and other people's images are secondary sources.

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