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Chapter 10 – Printmaking
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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.
2. The artist of Rue Transnonain was a famous French illustrator and political caricaturist
in the 19th century. The artist’s name is:
a) Edouard Manet.
b) Honoré Daumier.
c) Gustave Courbet.
d) Albrecht Dürer.
3. 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.
4. Two Courtesans, Inside and Outside the Display Window (fig. 250) by Suzuki
Harunobu is an example of_________art.
a) Chinese Taoist
b) Japanese nikishi-e
c) Indian Hindu
d) Chinese Buddhist
5. Peter Halley’s Exploding Cell is an example of ____________printmaking, which was
pioneered by Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
a) woodcut
b) intaglio
c) lithography
d) silkscreen
6. June Wayne’s Knockout can be interpreted _____________.
a) primarily as a formalist exercise
b) as a feminist artwork whose content references male violence and genetics
c) as a play on popular images and processes
d) as a play upon ideas of good and evil
7. This print by Andy Warhol is an example of __________________ printmaking.
a) lithography
b) woodcut
c) silkscreen
d) etching
8. The Japanese print by Utamaro titled The Fickle Type (p. 198) represents what is called
_______, or “pictures of the transient world of everyday life.”
a) ukiyo-e
b) japonaiserie
c) intaglio
d) mitate
9. Jane Dickson’s Stairwell (p. 211) illustrates the _______ 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
10. Known for his role in the Pop art movement, Andy Warhol created many artworks
using which commercial process (p. 216)?
a) encaustic
b) silkscreen
c) monotype
d) lithography
11. A _________ is an example of relief printmaking (p. 195).
a) woodcut
b) mezzotint
c) silkscreen
d) burin
12. ________ 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
13. Because in lithography the printing surface is completely flat (p. 211), it is referred to
as a ________ printmaking process.
a) planographic
b) intaglio
c) negative
d) positive
14. Monotype is unique among printmaking processes because it produces (p. 218):
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.
15. 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 (p. 194):
a) an edition.
b) a ream.
c) a folio.
d) a run.
16. 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 (p. 205) is called:
a) etching.
b) drypoint.
c) engraving.
d) mezzotint.
17. Which process best describes intaglio printing (p. 204)?
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.
18. Silkscreen printing, previously used in commercial packaging, was first used as an art
medium___________________.
a) in the 15th century in Italy
b) in the mid-20th century in Japan
c) in the mid-20th century in the United States
d) in the late 19th century in France
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19. When and where was printmaking first developed?
a) in the 5th century BCE in Athens
b) in the 15th century in Europe
c) in the 9th century in China
d) in the 18th century in the U.S.
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
21. What printmaking technique was used in The Nuremberg Chronicle?
a) silkscreen
b) intaglio
c) woodcut
d) monotype
22. When was the The Nuremberg Chronicle printed and what is its subject matter?
a) in the 1st century CE and it is a history of the world to that point
b) in the 15th century and it is a history of the world to that point
c) in the 18th century and it is a travelogue
d) in the 5th century CE and it is an imaginative story of the beginning of civilization
23. 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
24. What is the main advantage of linocut over woodcut printmaking?
a) it allows the artist to make more realistic images
b) it dries quicker
c) it is less toxic
d) it is easier to cut into linoleum instead of wood
25. Lithography was almost dead as an art medium in the 1960s, until this person almost
single-handedly saved it.
a) Robert Rauschenberg
b) Jasper Johns
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c) June Wayne
d) Elaine de Kooning
26. In printmaking, what is an edition?
a) it is the substance that holds the medium together
b) the amount of pigment that is used in a print
c) the number of impressions authorized by the artists made from a single master
image
d) all of the above
27. 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
28. What was the earliest printmaking technique used in the West?
a) woodcut
b) silkscreen
c) lithography
d) monotype
Short Answer Questions
29. Which form of printmaking was particularly favored by the German Expressionist
artists?
30. In the 1790s German playwright Alois Senefelder discovered which printmaking
process?
31. The intaglio process that is created by roughing the entire area of a plate with a rocker
32. List three types of relief printmaking process.
33. 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 ________.
Essay Questions
34. Using examples from the chapter, describe how Japanese prints influenced European
35. 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”
36. 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?