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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






2. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






3. 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






4. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






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






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






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






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






17. 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)






18. Pale green






19. 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






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






21. 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






22. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






25. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Application of potassium sulphide






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. The amount of light reflected by a hue






44. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






46. 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






47. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






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