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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

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






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Where the revolving door was fully developed






7. Creates blue dye






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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)






21. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






22. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






25. The amount of light reflected by a hue






26. 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






27. 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






28. Application of potassium sulphide






29. Something that supports a sculpture






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






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






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






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






34. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






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






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






50. Technique of shading using dots to control value