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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






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






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






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






5. Where the revolving door was fully developed






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






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






8. Technique of shading using dots to control value






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






14. 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






15. Pale green






16. Known for his glass sculpture






17. 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






18. 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






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. 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.






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Renowned for paintings and prints






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. The amount of light reflected by a hue






44. Something that supports a sculpture






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






46. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. Creates blue dye