Exam 14: Print-making

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

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 ________.

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

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.

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

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

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

Why do you think that Andy Warhol chose the process of silkscreen 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?

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

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

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

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.

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

This U.S. 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?

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 then prints.

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

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

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.

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

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