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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. 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.






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






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






4. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






6. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






25. 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






26. 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)






27. 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






28. Creates blue dye






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






30. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






33. The amount of light reflected by a hue






34. Renowned for paintings and prints






35. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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