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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






2. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Something that supports a 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. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Application of potassium sulphide






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. 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.






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






25. 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)






26. 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.






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. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






29. 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






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






31. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






34. The amount of light reflected by a hue






35. 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)






36. Pale green






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






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






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






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






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






42. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






43. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Known for his glass sculpture