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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. The amount of light reflected by a hue






5. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Something that supports a sculpture






15. 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






16. Pale green






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Creates blue dye






47. 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.






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






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






50. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines