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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creates blue dye






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






3. Technique of shading using dots to control value






4. 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






5. Renowned for paintings and prints






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Where the revolving door was fully developed






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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)






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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)






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Pale green






32. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. The amount of light reflected by a hue






44. Something that supports a sculpture






45. 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






46. Application of potassium sulphide






47. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






50. 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.