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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






2. 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.






3. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






4. 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






5. 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)






6. 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






7. Known for his glass sculpture






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






9. The amount of light reflected by a hue






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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)






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






16. Creates blue dye






17. Renowned for paintings and prints






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






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. 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






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






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






37. Something that supports a sculpture






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






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






49. Application of potassium sulphide






50. 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.