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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 describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Something that supports a sculpture






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Renowned for paintings and prints






16. 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






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






18. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






20. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






22. 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)






23. 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)






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






30. 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






31. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






34. 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.






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. The amount of light reflected by a hue






37. 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






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






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






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






42. Creates blue dye






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. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






45. Pale green






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Known for his glass sculpture