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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. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






17. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






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. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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






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






24. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






26. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. Application of potassium sulphide






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Known for his glass sculpture






48. Creates blue dye






49. 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.






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