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






2. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






6. Technique of shading using dots to control value






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






11. 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)






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






21. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






23. The amount of light reflected by a hue






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






29. Something that supports a sculpture






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Creates blue dye






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






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






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






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






45. Known for his glass sculpture






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






47. 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






48. Application of potassium sulphide






49. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






50. 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