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






2. Technique of shading using dots to control value






3. Creates blue dye






4. 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)






5. Pale green






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






17. The amount of light reflected by a hue






18. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Known for his glass sculpture






26. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






29. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






50. Application of potassium sulphide