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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. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Creates blue dye






13. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






14. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






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






19. 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)






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






21. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Something that supports a sculpture






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






32. 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






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. Application of potassium sulphide






35. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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. 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.






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






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






50. 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