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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. 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.






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






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. Application of potassium sulphide






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






10. Creates blue dye






11. Pale green






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






13. 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.






14. Something that supports a sculpture






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. 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






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






19. 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.






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






21. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






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






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






24. Renowned for paintings and prints






25. 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.






26. The amount of light reflected by a hue






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






28. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






34. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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)






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






44. Technique of shading using dots to control value






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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