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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. The amount of light reflected by a hue






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






25. 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






26. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






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






30. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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)






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






39. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






42. Application of potassium sulphide






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. Technique of shading using dots to control value






48. 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)






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






50. Pale green






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