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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pale green






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






3. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






4. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






14. Creates blue dye






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Known for his glass sculpture






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Application of potassium sulphide






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






28. 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.






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






30. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






32. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






33. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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. Renowned for paintings and prints






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. 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






38. Something that supports a sculpture






39. 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






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






41. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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)






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






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






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






50. 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.