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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Application of potassium sulphide






2. Renowned for paintings and prints






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. 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.






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






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 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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Something that supports a sculpture






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. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. Where the revolving door was fully developed






20. 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.






21. 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






22. 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






23. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






25. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






28. The amount of light reflected by a hue






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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)






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






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






40. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






41. Creates blue dye






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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