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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. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The amount of light reflected by a hue






14. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






17. Application of potassium sulphide






18. 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






19. Known for his glass sculpture






20. Pale green






21. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






34. Where the revolving door was fully developed






35. Technique of shading using dots to control value






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. 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






43. 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)






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






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






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






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






48. 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)






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






50. 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.