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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






2. 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






3. Creates blue dye






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Known for his glass sculpture






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






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






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






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






28. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






29. 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






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






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






32. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






37. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. The amount of light reflected by a hue






45. 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.






46. 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)






47. Technique of shading using dots to control value






48. 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






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






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