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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where the revolving door was fully developed






2. Application of potassium sulphide






3. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Technique of shading using dots to control value






9. 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)






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






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






13. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






14. 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






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






16. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






19. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






22. 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






23. Creates blue dye






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Something that supports a sculpture






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video