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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. Application of potassium sulphide






8. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






11. The amount of light reflected by a hue






12. Known for his glass sculpture






13. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






32. 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)






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






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