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






2. 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)






3. 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






4. 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






5. Renowned for paintings and prints






6. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






16. 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.






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






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. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






20. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






21. Application of potassium sulphide






22. 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






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






24. Technique of shading using dots to control value






25. 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.






26. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Creates blue dye






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. Pale green






44. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






45. 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






46. Known for his glass sculpture






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






48. 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






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






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