Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam 2023
Questions and Answers
Intensity
term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white
Value
the amount of light reflected by a hue
Hue
the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color
names blue, green, and so forth.
Cloisonne
An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form
practiced in ancient Byzantium
Chiaroscuro
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.
vedata
...
volute
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
tempera
method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances, instead of oil
Monet
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 different lights. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) he
took refuge in England with Pissarro: he studied the work of Constable and Turner. By 1890 he was
successful enough to buy the house he had previously rented. In his final years, he was troubled by
failing eyesight. However, he continued to paint until the end of his life. He was enormously prolific
and many major galleries have examples of his work.
cezanne
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 handed work, studio work was interior, and love of nature.
, -Plenair- painting outside, French postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially
cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906), -French
postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural
components latent in nature (1839-1906)
Chavdin
...
picasso
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; Guernica; cubism; Three Musicians
casein paint
a water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)
resin paint
...
impressionism
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
futurism
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)
expressionism
paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions, sensations, or ideas rather than actual appearances
extentialism
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 and not in any abstract dogmas or ideas.
The belief that humans create their own meaning. Humans take responsibility for their own actions,
free will is all we have. The belief that we can figure out who we want to be and what our place is in
the world. "who am I "
expressionist
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 expressing the anguished feelings many had at
Questions and Answers
Intensity
term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white
Value
the amount of light reflected by a hue
Hue
the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color
names blue, green, and so forth.
Cloisonne
An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form
practiced in ancient Byzantium
Chiaroscuro
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.
vedata
...
volute
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
tempera
method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances, instead of oil
Monet
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 different lights. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) he
took refuge in England with Pissarro: he studied the work of Constable and Turner. By 1890 he was
successful enough to buy the house he had previously rented. In his final years, he was troubled by
failing eyesight. However, he continued to paint until the end of his life. He was enormously prolific
and many major galleries have examples of his work.
cezanne
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 handed work, studio work was interior, and love of nature.
, -Plenair- painting outside, French postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially
cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906), -French
postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural
components latent in nature (1839-1906)
Chavdin
...
picasso
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; Guernica; cubism; Three Musicians
casein paint
a water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)
resin paint
...
impressionism
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
futurism
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)
expressionism
paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions, sensations, or ideas rather than actual appearances
extentialism
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 and not in any abstract dogmas or ideas.
The belief that humans create their own meaning. Humans take responsibility for their own actions,
free will is all we have. The belief that we can figure out who we want to be and what our place is in
the world. "who am I "
expressionist
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 expressing the anguished feelings many had at
