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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






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






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






4. 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.






5. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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)






10. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






13. 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)






14. 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






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






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






17. Technique of shading using dots to control value






18. 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






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






20. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






21. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






24. Pale green






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






26. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






27. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






35. Known for his glass sculpture






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






44. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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