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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

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






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






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






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






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






6. Known for his glass sculpture






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






8. The amount of light reflected by a hue






9. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






35. 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)






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Something that supports a sculpture






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Pale green






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