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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. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






4. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






6. 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






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






8. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






15. The amount of light reflected by a hue






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Known for his glass sculpture






28. 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






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






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






31. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






33. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






41. 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






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






43. 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)






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






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






46. 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






47. Application of potassium sulphide






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






49. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






50. Pale green