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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Known for his glass sculpture






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






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






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






17. 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)






18. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Application of potassium sulphide






27. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






33. 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






34. Creates blue dye






35. Something that supports a sculpture






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






37. Where the revolving door was fully developed






38. 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






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






40. Pale green






41. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






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. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






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