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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Application of potassium sulphide






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. Where the revolving door was fully developed






14. 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)






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






16. Known for his glass sculpture






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






18. 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






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






20. 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)






21. Pale green






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






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






24. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Renowned for paintings and prints






35. Creates blue dye






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






37. 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






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






39. Something that supports a sculpture






40. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






43. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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