Test your basic knowledge |

Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






2. Pale green






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






18. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






20. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






22. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Where the revolving door was fully developed






30. 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






31. Something that supports a sculpture






32. 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






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






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






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






37. Creates blue dye






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






47. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






49. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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