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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






2. Something that supports a sculpture






3. Application of potassium sulphide






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






5. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






6. 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






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






8. Known for his glass sculpture






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Pale green






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






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






20. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






31. 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)






32. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Creates blue dye






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






48. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






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