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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. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. Known for his glass sculpture






10. Technique of shading using dots to control value






11. Pale green






12. 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






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. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Where the revolving door was fully developed






28. 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






29. 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.






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






31. The amount of light reflected by a hue






32. 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.






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






34. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






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. 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






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






41. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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)






50. 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)