Exam 6: Printmaking

How did people make books before the invention of the printing press?

Lithography is traditionally done on what type of material?

What is meant by digital printmaking? Discuss how new technologies may affect printmaking.

Daumier and Toulouse-Lautrec were known for their use of lithography. Compare and contrast their work. Discuss how their motivations may have affected their compositions.

Lithography is a surface or _______ printing process.

Describe the circumstances surrounding Daumier's production of the lithograph Rue Transnonain.

Discuss some of the new directions in printmaking. Are artists incorporating nontraditional media in their work? Explain.

The _______ cut is a modern development in relief printing.

According to your book, what are the four types of printmaking?

Which of the following is a type of stencil printing?

In which of the following media does the artist draw an image with a greasy crayon directly on a flat stone slab?

What is an aquatint? What type of printmaking process does it belong to?

At various stages in the printmaking process, artists make what are called _______ to check on the developing image.

What is the lithography process and how is it done?

What is relief printing? How is it done? What are the different media in relief printing?

Compare and contrast Utamaro's A Competitive Showing of Beauties with Cassatt's The Letter. In your comparison, discuss cultural influence in Impressionist work.

Name and describe the different intaglio techniques. How is each executed?

This artist created The Wave, one of the most famous Japanese prints from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.