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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Creates blue dye






6. 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)






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






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






9. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






10. 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.






11. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






14. Known for his glass sculpture






15. 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.






16. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






18. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






38. The amount of light reflected by a hue






39. 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.






40. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






46. 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)






47. Pale green






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






49. 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






50. Where the revolving door was fully developed