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






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






3. The amount of light reflected by a hue






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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)






14. 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.






15. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






28. Something that supports a sculpture






29. 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.






30. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






32. 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






33. Pale green






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Creates blue dye






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






49. 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






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