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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. The amount of light reflected by a hue






8. 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






9. 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






10. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






17. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






20. Pale green






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






26. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Creates blue dye






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






39. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






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






43. Something that supports a sculpture






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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







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