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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. 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






2. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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)






14. Something that supports a sculpture






15. Pale green






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






42. 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






43. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






45. 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)






46. Application of potassium sulphide






47. Technique of shading using dots to control value






48. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






50. Where the revolving door was fully developed