Deck 13: Printmaking

Question 1

The earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in this culture.

A) Rome
B) Mesopotamia
C) Egypt
D) Greece
E) China

Answer 1

E

Question 2

To create a color woodblock,such as Hokusai's famous "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," a printer must produce a new ________ for each separate color.

A) style
B) piece of paper
C) relief block
D) design
E) medium

Answer 2

C

Question 3

This printmaking tool is a sharp instrument used to mark the surface of a plate.

A) register
B) palette knife
C) levigator
D) screen
E) burin

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

A) intaglio
B) glazing
C) scumbling
D) intonaco
E) arriccio

Question 5

This style of printmaking means "pictures of the floating world" and was practiced by the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro.

A) ukiyo-e
B) mezzotint
C) fan printing
D) planography
E) Expressionism

Question 6

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many masters of woodblock printing in this country,whose work reflected the lifestyle of an urban cultural class.

A) United States
B) Austria
C) France
D) Japan
E) Siam

Question 7

This intaglio printing process involves carefully and cleanly scoring a metal plate.

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

Question 8

This twentieth-century German artist used the natural grain and splintering of the woodblock to make his work Prophet more expressive.

A) Emil Nolde
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Dox Thrash
D) Kitagawa Utamaro
E) Katsushika Hokusai

Question 9

When a printmaker rolls ink onto a raised surface and presses a piece of paper onto it,the resulting image on the paper is known as ________.

A) a batten
B) an edition
C) an impression
D) a buzz up
E) an impasto

Question 10

For his print Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,Albrecht Dürer hired expert craftsmen to ________.

A) market the prints
B) make the paper for the print
C) interpret the Book of Revelations
D) manufacture the ink
E) create the block and cut the lines into it

Question 11

This term for plate printmaking means "cut into" in Italian.

A) intaglio
B) impasto
C) intermezzo
D) sgraffito
E) graffiti

Question 12

A relief print created out of a solid wood block is called ________.

A) a woodcut
B) a linocut
C) a woodograph
D) an intarsia
E) a planograph

Question 13

This intaglio process is achieved by pulling a burin across the surface of a metal plate,leaving a burr where the ink will collect.

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

Question 14

Images were first reproduced by printmaking in this ancient culture.

A) Mesopotamia
B) Greece
C) Rome
D) India
E) Japan

Question 15

This contemporary artist,who once created album covers for the rock band Radiohead,used the softness of linoleum to depict the fictional destruction of Los Angeles.

A) Kitagawa Utamaro
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Dox Thrash
D) Stanley Donwood
E) Katsushika Hokusai

Question 16

This type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be inked and printed.

A) lithography
B) mezzotint
C) etching
D) silkscreen
E) relief

Question 17

One advantage of using a metal plate over a woodblock for printmaking is that it ________.

A) creates a more textured surface
B) is a softer material to cut
C) reacts better to acids
D) is longer lasting
E) is more pliable

Question 18

If an artist were to create a woodblock print with three different colors,how many separate relief blocks would he or she need?

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) five

Question 19

If you were to carve away the surface of a woodblock,removing the shape of a star,then ink the block and make a print,you would be left with a negative star shape on the paper.

Question 20

A relief print created out of a sheet of linoleum is called ________.

A) a woodcut
B) a linocut
C) a linograph
D) an intarsia
E) a planography

Question 21

The wash-like appearance of Goya's print Giant was created using this process.

A) aquatint
B) woodblock
C) engraving
D) silkscreen
E) lithography

Question 22

This type of printmaking is achieved by "collaging" materials to a surface that will later be inked and printed to paper:

A) serigraphy
B) woodcut
C) collagraphy
D) constructography
E) mezzotint

Question 23

Silkscreen printing uses a stencil process,and was first developed in ________ during the Sung Dynasty.

A) China
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) Russia
E) Egypt

Question 24

If an artist wants to create a print with very fine detail and precise,even lines,drypoint would be a good method to use.

Question 25

This intaglio process makes an image that resembles the effect created by water-based media,and uses melted rosin to create an acid-resistant coating.

A) linocut
B) mezzotint
C) engraving
D) drypoint
E) aquatint

Question 26

This Spanish artist created artworks in both print and paint that depict horrific events that happened during the French occupation of Spain between 1808 and 1814.

A) Albrecht Dürer
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Francisco Goya
D) Max Beckmann
E) Rembrandt

Question 27

If an artist wanted to create a print that visually resembled brush-and-ink painting,________ would be a good method to use.

A) engraving
B) drypoint
C) aquatint
D) silkscreen
E) woodblock

Question 28

If an artist wanted to create an image of a bright moon in the night sky using mezzotint,he or she should smooth the burrs on the surface of the plate for the area of the moon.

Question 29

This printmaking process is used for t-shirts,solar panels,and circuit boards.

A) mezzotint
B) lithograph
C) intaglio
D) silkscreen
E) linocut

Question 30

This intaglio process is achieved by roughening the entire metal plate surface with a rocking tool,then smoothing the areas where the ink is to be wiped away.

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

Question 31

This seventeenth-century Dutch artist was a master of etching and used it to depict Adam and Eve as well as other religious subjects.

A) Francisco Goya
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Max Beckmann
D) Rembrandt
E) Dox Thrash

Question 32

Compare the prints of Adam and Eve by Dürer,Beckmann,and Rembrandt (2.3.8,2.3.9,and 2.3.10).Each uses a different intaglio method.Describe the visual differences between the images,the technical differences between the processes,and explain why you think each artist chose that particular method.How does each process affect the final image? What might the different processes and artistic styles imply about the character of Adam and Eve?

Question 33

This artist was most associated with the development of collagraphy,and was a longtime member of the faculty at the University of Washington.

A) Glen Alps
B) Rembrandt
C) Kitagawa Utamaro
D) Dox Thrash
E) Stanley Donwood

Question 34

This intaglio process employs acid to mar the surface of a metal plate.

A) engraving
B) etching
C) drypoint
D) linocut
E) mezzotint

Question 35

Why do you think that Andy Warhol chose the process of silkscreen printing to depict his subjects,be they famous icons or humble cans of soup? Research silkscreen prints by Warhol.What does the process he used add to the meaning of these artworks? Do you think that they would have been as effective if they were paintings?

Question 36

A group of prints that are identical and produced in a limited number is called ________.

A) a draw
B) a pull
C) a bite
D) a ream
E) an edition

Question 37

This printmaking process means "stone writing" in Greek.

A) etching
B) intaglio
C) aquatint
D) lithography
E) linocut

Question 38

The African-American artist Dox Thrash wanted to use dark,rich tones to reflect the somber mood of the nation during World War II in this mezzotint from c.1941.

A) Defense Worker
B) Adam and Eve
C) Giant
D) Double Elvis
E) Prophet

Question 39

In one of his lithographic images,this French artist depicted the aftermath of a violent incidence of police brutality,where a family was killed in a case of mistaken identity.

A) Honoré Daumier
B) Francisco Goya
C) Rembrandt
D) Albrecht Dürer
E) Andy Warhol

Question 40

This US government program helped to create jobs for artists (and many other occupations)during the Great Depression and World War II.It allowed African-American artist Dox Thrash and other artists to use their art in support of the country.What was this extensive program called?

A) Peace Corps
B) Printer's Guild
C) Conservation Corps
D) Americorps
E) Works Projects Administration

Question 41

Which two printmaking methods did the artist Kathy Strauss combine to create her unique artwork Kepler Underneath 1?

A) lithography
B) intaglio
C) silkscreen
D) monoprint
E) aquatint
F) drypoint

Question 42

This type of print can be made using any print process,but with the intention of creating a unique image rather than an edition.

A) monoprint
B) intaglio
C) linocut
D) relief
E) etching

Question 43

Match the artwork with its medium:
a.mezzotint
d.engraving
b.silkscreen
e.aquatint
c.woodcut
Francisco Goya,Giant

Question 44

This female artist practiced monotype printmaking and was a member of a group of abstract painters called The Irascibles.

A) Mary Cassatt
B) Kathy Strauss
C) Hedda Sterne
D) Kitagawa Utamaro
E) Andy Warhol

Question 45

Match the artwork with its medium:
a.mezzotint
d.engraving
b.silkscreen
e.aquatint
c.woodcut
Kitagawa Utamaro,Lovers in an Upstairs Room

Question 46

This process can be used to create a unique printed image,and involves a clean plate of metal or glass on which the artist carefully inks the image before printing.

A) monotype
B) mezzotint
C) etching
D) relief
E) linocut

Question 47

Printmakers Chicago,a commercial printing service,provides craftsmen who __________.

A) recreate original imagery in print form
B) find the right paper and surface appearance for the artwork
C) provide expertise on archival quality for long-lasting prints
D) do digital reproductions of original work
E) all of the other answers

Question 48

Printmaking is a process-oriented art form.The artist must be methodical and determined to get the best results.Which of the processes discussed would allow the most spontaneity? Which seems the most rigid and elaborate? Which process would you use to create a self-portrait that expresses your personality? Why?

Question 49

Match the artwork with its medium:
a.mezzotint
d.engraving
b.silkscreen
e.aquatint
c.woodcut
Dox Thrash,Defense Worker

Question 50

if you wanted to create a poster that displayed exactly the same information,and could be reproduced in thousands of copies,monoprinting would be a good process to use.

Question 51

Match the artwork with its medium:
a.mezzotint
d.engraving
b.silkscreen
e.aquatint
c.woodcut
Albrecht Dürer,Adam and Eve

Question 52

Match the artwork with its medium:
a.mezzotint
d.engraving
b.silkscreen
e.aquatint
c.woodcut
Andy Warhol,Four Marilyns