Deck 10: Printmaking

Question 1

Which famous French illustrator created Rue Transnonain?

A)Edouard Manet
B)Honoré Daumier
C)Gustave Courbet
D)Albrecht Dürer

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Silkscreen printing,previously used in commercial packaging,was first used as an art medium in

A)15^th century in Italy.
B)mid-20^th century in Japan.
C)mid-20^th century in the United States.
D)late 19^th century in France.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In any type of printmaking,after an initial set of prints is made and the block or plate is destroyed,the set of prints is referred to as

A)an edition.
B)a ream.
C)a folio.
D)a run.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

When and where was printmaking first developed?

A)in the 5^th century BCE in Athens
B)in the 15^th century in Europe
C)in the 9^th century in China
D)in the 18^th century in the U.S.

Question 5

What printmaking technique was used in The Nuremberg Chronicle?

A)silkscreen
B)intaglio
C)woodcut
D)monotype

Question 6

Because in lithography the printing surface is completely flat,it is referred to as

A)planographic.
B)intaglio.
C)negative.
D)positive.

Question 7

One of the greatest of the early masters of the intaglio process was the artist

A)Leonardo da Vinci.
B)Albrecht Dürer.
C)Vincent van Gogh.
D)J)M.W.Turner.

Question 8

The Japanese print by Utamaro,titled The Fickle Type,represents what type of printmaking?

A)ukiyo-e
B)japonaiserie
C)intaglio
D)mitate

Question 9

A woodcut print such as Emile Nolde's Prophet is an example of

A)silkscreen.
B)a monotype print.
C)a relief print.
D)lithography.

Question 10

Which process best describes intaglio printing?

A)The area that prints is below the surface of the plate.
B)It involves drawing on limestone with a greasy medium.
C)The image to be printed is raised above the surface of the plate.
D)The image is painted on a plate and run through a press.

Question 11

If an artist pushes the point of a burin across a metal plate,forcing the metal up in slivers in front of the burin,the process is called

A)etching.
B)drypoint.
C)engraving.
D)mezzotint.

Question 12

June Wayne's Knockout can be interpreted primarily as a

A)formalist exercise
B)feminist artwork whose content references male violence and genetics
C)play on popular images and processes
D)play upon ideas of good and evil

Question 13

Monotype is unique among printmaking processes because it produces

A)an image from a "negative" plate.
B)an image from a "positive" plate.
C)only one print from the plate.
D)an edition of prints from a single plate.

Question 14

What is the process that assures that the colors of a linocut or other relief print will align perfectly?

A)Editioning
B)Intaglio
C)Proofing
D)Registration

Question 15

Two Courtesans,Inside and Outside the Display Window by Suzuki Harunobu is an example of what kind of art?

A)Chinese printmaking
B)Japanese nikishi-e
C)Hindu engravings
D)Buddhist sculpture

Question 16

Marilyn Monroe,by Andy Warhol,is an example of what kind of printmaking?

A)lithography
B)woodcut
C)silkscreen
D)etching

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of relief printmaking?

A)woodcut
B)mezzotint
C)silkscreen
D)burin

Question 18

Peter Halley's Exploding Cell is an example of what kind of printmaking?

A)woodcut
B)intaglio
C)lithography
D)silkscreen

Question 19

Jane Dickson's Stairwell illustrates which printmaking process,which relies for its effect not on line but on tonal areas of light and dark?

A)intaglio
B)relief
C)etching
D)aquatint

Question 20

The Diamond Sutra is remarkable because

A)it represents the Buddha in human form for the first time.
B)it is the frontispiece for the earliest known printed book.
C)there are still several hundred that still exist.
D)it was printed in Europe at a time when Christianity was the dominant religion.

Question 21

According to the text,lithography was almost dead as an art medium in the 1960s until which person almost single-handedly saved it?

A)Robert Rauschenberg
B)Jasper Johns
C)June Wayne
D)Elaine de Kooning

Question 22

Although the making of art is typically an individual effort,the production of a Japanese woodblock print was a team effort.Are there any other examples of art making that are specifically a team effort? Cite an example and discuss how the "team players" work together.

Question 23

Which form of printmaking was particularly favored by the German Expressionist artists?

Question 24

Which of these was normal subject matter and ukiyo-e or nishiki-e prints?

A)the animal world
B)women engaged in everyday activities
C)Samurai warriors
D)bustling city life

Question 25

Why would an artist choose to create monotypes rather than a painting on canvas? Both processes have unique qualities while sharing some similarities.What are the advantages of monotype over painting?

Question 26

The intaglio process that is created by roughing the entire area of a plate with a rocker blade is called what?

Question 27

When was the The Nuremberg Chronicle printed and what is its subject matter?

A)in the 1^st century CE and it is a history of the world to that point
B)in the 15^th century and it is a history of the world to that point
C)in the 18^th century and it is a travelogue
D)in the 5^th century CE and it is an imaginative story of the beginning of civilization

Question 28

In the 1790s German playwright Alois Senefelder discovered which printmaking process?

Question 29

What is the chief advantage of printmaking over other media?

A)it is a quick,accessible process
B)it lends itself to expressive mark-making
C)the artist can make multiple copies of a single image
D)it dries quickly

Question 30

What is the main advantage of linocut over woodcut printmaking?

A)it allows the artist to make more realistic images
B)it dries more quickly
C)it is less toxic than other forms
D)it is easier to cut into linoleum than wood

Question 31

A form of intaglio printing in which the artist draws by pulling a metal-pointed needle directly on the plate to create a "burr" is called what?

Question 32

Using examples from the chapter,describe how Japanese prints influenced European artists during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Question 33

What was the earliest printmaking technique used in the West?

A)woodcut
B)silkscreen
C)lithography
D)monotype

Question 34

List three types of relief printmaking process.