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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






8. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






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






12. Known for his glass sculpture






13. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Where the revolving door was fully developed






20. 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






21. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






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






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






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






27. Creates blue dye






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






34. Pale green






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






43. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal