Test your basic knowledge |

Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






19. Something that supports a sculpture






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






21. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






22. 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






23. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. Pale green






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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)






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






41. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






44. Where the revolving door was fully developed






45. 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






46. 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






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. 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.






49. 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






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