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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






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






3. 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






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






5. Where the revolving door was fully developed






6. 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)






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






8. The amount of light reflected by a hue






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






19. Known for his glass sculpture






20. 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.






21. 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






22. 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)






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






24. 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






25. Pale green






26. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Creates blue dye






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






46. Technique of shading using dots to control value






47. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






49. 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.






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