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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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)






7. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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)






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






28. Pale green






29. Application of potassium sulphide






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






38. Creates blue dye






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Something that supports a sculpture






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






48. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






49. 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.






50. A matted tangle of hair or fiber