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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






2. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






3. Application of potassium sulphide






4. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






5. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






6. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






7. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






8. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






9. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






10. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






11. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






12. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






13. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






14. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






15. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






16. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






17. The amount of light reflected by a hue






18. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






19. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






20. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






21. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






22. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






23. Where the revolving door was fully developed






24. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






25. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






26. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






29. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






30. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






31. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






32. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






33. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






34. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






35. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






36. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






37. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






38. Technique of shading using dots to control value






39. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






40. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






41. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






42. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






43. Creates blue dye






44. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






45. Something that supports a sculpture






46. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






47. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






48. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






49. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






50. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.