Deck 9: Printmaking and Graphic Design

Question 1

The oldest form of printmaking is __________,and most likely the first people to use it were the ancient __________.

A) ​lithography; Romans 
B) ​engraving; Greeks 
C) ​etching; Babylonians 
D) ​woodcut; Chinese 
E) ​serigraphy; Egyptians

Answer 1

  D

Question 2

__________ is the only printmaking process in which prints can be rendered in paint as well as ink.

A) ​mezzotint 
B) ​woodblock 
C) ​etching 
D) ​serigraphy 
E) ​engraving

Answer 2

  D

Question 3

In The Painter and His Model,Picasso was able to approximate the effects of mezzotint with a much simpler technique known as __________.

A) ​soft-ground etching 
B) ​woodcut 
C) ​lift-ground 
D) ​aquatint 
E) ​hatching

Answer 3

  D

Question 4

Intaglio prints are made from __________ into which lines have been incised.

A) ​blocks of wood 
B) ​metal plates 
C) ​stone slabs 
D) ​silk-screens 
E) ​heavy paper

Question 5

Which of the following types of printmaking is not an essentially linear media? 

A) ​woodblock 
B) ​engraving 
C) ​etching 
D) ​mezzotint 
E) ​drypoint

Question 6

In Paul Landacre's Growing Corn,we see a good example of the __________ that can be obtained from the skillful use of wood engraving.

A) ​precise lines and tonal gradations 
B) ​primitive, broadly grained lines 
C) ​vertically gouged lines parallel to the wood grain 
D) ​hazy, blurred lines 
E) ​nonlinear effect

Question 7

Zhao Xiaomo's Family by the Lotus Pond is a __________.The areas that were not meant to be printed were carved out __________ the surface of the wood.

A) ​woodcut; above 
B) ​wood engraving; below 
C) ​woodcut; below 
D) ​etching; above 
E) ​etching; below

Question 8

In the seventeenth century,a Dutchman developed a technique for mezzotint,from the Italian for __________,in which the metal plate is worked over with a multi-toothed tool called a __________.

A) ​middle tint; hatcher 
B) ​half-tint; hatcher 
C) ​half-tint; rocker 
D) ​middle tint; rocker 
E) ​multi-tint; hatcher

Question 9

In the __________ process,the artist creates clean-cut lines on a plate of copper,zinc,or steel by forcing a sharp burin across the surface with the heel of the hand.

A) ​etching 
B) ​mezzotint 
C) ​drypoint 
D) ​engraving 
E) ​aquatint

Question 10

Etching is an intaglio process in which the plates are covered with ink,which is forced into the linear depression.The plate is passed through a(n)__________.

A) ​acid bath that etches the exposed areas of the matrix 
B) ​alkaline bath that etches the exposed areas of the matrix 
C) ​printing press 
D) ​acid bath that etches the unexposed areas of the matrix 
E) ​alkaline bath that etches the unexposed areas of the matrix

Question 11

Mezzotint is rarely used because__________.

A) ​the plates are too expensive 
B) ​it yields very few prints 
C) ​the resulting prints are inferior 
D) ​few artists are familiar with the process 
E) ​it is a painstaking and time consuming procedure

Question 12

Aquatint is frequently used along with line etching to resemble the effects produced by __________.

A) ​aquarelle 
B) ​impasto 
C) ​wash drawings 
D) ​lithography 
E) ​wood engraving

Question 13

The twentieth-century American abstract artist Josef Albers created Solo V,an inkless intaglio technique known as __________.

A) ​tenebrism 
B) ​gauffrage 
C) ​embossing 
D) ​fenestration 
E) ​montage

Question 14

In creating his Christ Crucified between Two Thieves,Rembrandt used a drypoint needle in order to create __________.

A) ​crisp, clear lines 
B) ​thin lines 
C) ​soft, velvety lines 
D) ​cross-hatched lines 
E) ​stippling.

Question 15

The working surface from which a print is made is called a __________.​ 

A) ​metal plate 
B) ​matrix 
C) ​ground 
D) ​palette 
E) ​screen

Question 16

__________ is a type of etching that can be used to produce the effects of crayon or pencil drawings.

A) ​Soft-ground etching 
B) ​Lift ground 
C) ​Sugar aquatint 
D) ​Pseudo-mezzotint 
E) ​Gauffrage

Question 17

The popularity of relief printing declined with the introduction of the __________ process,which did not appear until the fifteenth century.

A) ​serigraphy 
B) ​intaglio 
C) ​monotype 
D) ​lithography 
E) ​photo silkscreen

Question 18

Woodcuts make use of the flat surface of wooden boards,but wood engravings use the end sections of the boards,yielding a __________ surface.

A) ​soft, nondirectional 
B) ​hard, directional 
C) ​soft, directional 
D) ​vertically linear 
E) ​hard, nondirectional

Question 19

In works such as her Untitled mixed-media print of Chinese girls,Hung Liu's purpose is to __________.

A) ​celebrate the Chinese game of mahjong 
B) ​depict Chinese high fashion 
C) ​make known the degradation of previous generations of Chinese women 
D) ​show the superiority of Chinese women 
E) ​inspire Chinese girls

Question 20

Etching is a very versatile medium.In Henri Matisse's Loulou Distracted,he used __________ to represent the essential features of a woman.

A) ​hazy shading 
B) ​numerous thin and thick lines 
C) ​a combination of drypoint and etching 
D) ​tight, rhythmic, flowing lines 
E) ​only a few uniformly etched lines

Question 21

List two reasons why printmaking is an important artistic medium.

Question 22

What is the subject matter of Käthe Kollwitz's lithograph The Mothers?

Question 23

Describe the process of creating a mezzotint engraving.

Question 24

A monotype differs from all other printmaking techniques because __________.

A) ​it does not go through a printing press 
B) ​it is a nonlinear process 
C) ​it does not have to use ink 
D) ​the matrix is not a metal plate 
E) ​it only yields a single, unique image

Question 25

The female image in Red Coat by Alex Katz is most reminiscent of a __________.

A) ​housewife 
B) ​supermodel icon 
C) ​nurse 
D) ​drug addict 
E) ​grandmother

Question 26

Describe the intaglio printmaking process and identify the most common types.

Question 27

Describe the processes involved in producing a wood engraving and the range of effects that can be achieved.

Question 28

Serigraphy,or silkscreen,was first developed for use as a(n)__________ medium,a fitting medium because Pop artist __________ used it to create Four Multi-Colored Marilyns.

A) ​artistic; Roy Lichtenstein 
B) ​commercial; Claes Oldenberg 
C) ​abstract; Robert Rauschenberg 
D) ​commercial; Andy Warhol 
E) ​artistic; Richard Hamilton

Question 29

Chinese artist Wang Guangyi's Great Criticism: Coca-Cola is a __________ that resembles a commercially produced propaganda poster.

A) ​mixed media photo-etching 
B) ​black and white lithograph 
C) ​color woodblock 
D) ​silkscreen 
E) ​color lithograph

Question 30

Compare and contrast Ando Hiroshige's Rain Shower on Ohashi Bridge and Zhao Xiaomo's Family by the Lotus Pond in terms of their visual impact.

Question 31

Compare and contrast the intaglio processes of engraving and etching.

Question 32

Evaluate the following quote by printmaking author Arthur M.Hind: "In comparison with painting and sculpture,engraving is a cosmopolitan art,the immediate inter-relation of different countries being facilitated by the portable nature of its creations." What does he mean by this?

Question 33

Lithography,invented in the beginning of the nineteenth century by a German playwright,is a planographic,or __________,printing process in which a __________ is used.

A) ​relief; metal plate 
B) ​surface; wooden block 
C) ​screen; silkscreen 
D) ​surface; stone slab 
E) ​surface; flattened plaster

Question 34

Explain which of the printmaking processes is most appealing to you and why?

Question 35

Describe the process of producing lithographic prints.

Question 36

How is it possible to produce gauffrage,or inkless intaglio prints?

Question 37

List four types of matrices used in printmaking.

Question 38

Explain how the addition of drypoint can change and enhance the appearance of an engraving.

Question 39

Describe the process by which Alex Katz's Red Coat was created.

Question 40

List five types of intaglio printmaking.