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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Known for his glass sculpture






15. Something that supports a sculpture






16. 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






17. 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






18. Application of potassium sulphide






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






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






23. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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)






29. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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






32. Creates blue dye






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






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






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. 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.






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






38. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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. Pale green






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal