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






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






3. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






4. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






24. Known for his glass sculpture






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






26. Creates blue dye






27. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






29. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. Application of potassium sulphide






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






40. 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.






41. 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)






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Pale green






49. 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.






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