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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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)






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






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






6. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






10. The amount of light reflected by a hue






11. 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.






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






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. Technique of shading using dots to control value






15. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






16. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Known for his glass sculpture






22. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Creates blue dye






28. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. Pale green






43. 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)






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






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. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






47. 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






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






49. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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







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