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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






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






3. 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)






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






5. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






6. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






7. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






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






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






10. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Technique of shading using dots to control value






15. Renowned for paintings and prints






16. 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






17. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Creates blue dye






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






29. Application of potassium sulphide






30. 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






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






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






33. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






35. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






36. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






38. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






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






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






41. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






42. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. Something that supports a sculpture






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






49. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






50. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.