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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. Something that supports a sculpture






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






19. 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






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






22. 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.






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






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






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






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






37. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






40. Application of potassium sulphide






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






42. Renowned for paintings and prints






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. Creates blue dye