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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






4. Something that supports a sculpture






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






6. 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)






7. Pale green






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. 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.






13. Creates blue dye






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






30. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






31. 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)






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






33. 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






34. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






36. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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