Module 4
d
A good example of the use of aquatint in creating areas of unmodulated, translucent color is the print Standard Station by Ed Ruscha. Hasta La Muerte by Francisco de Goya. Untitled (Sequoia and Moon) by Vija Celmins. Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt. Preface to the Diamond Sutra
d
A nonaqueous paint is one that is less expensive than most. produces the most brilliant colors. dissolves in water. dissolves in something other than water. is very fast-drying.
c
Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking. screenprints intaglio prints monotypes relief prints planographic prints
d
Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in a pigment. an impasto. a ground. an emulsion. a glaze.
b
The 20th-century master of the fresco technique who created the work MixtecCulture is Raphael. Diego Rivera. Pablo Picasso. Georges Braque. Frida Kahlo.
chinese
The ___ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 c.e.
pigment
The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as ___
b
Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are acrylics and oils. encaustic and fresco. gouache and oils. collage and acrylics. gouache and fresco.
d
Vonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I uses the medium of chalk. pastel. white pigment. charcoal. All of the answers are correct.
d
Watercolor's primary characteristic is its permanency. opacity. ease of revision. transparency. textural qualities.
relief, intaglio, lithography
What are the techniques of intaglio printing?
d
What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art? Prints are always machine-made and relatively inexpensive. Prints are copies of works of art and don't involve artists in the production process. Prints have very little resale value and are a poor investment for collectors. Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image. None of these answers is correct.
a
What is pigment in paint? a powdered color a medium a solvent a binder a vehicle
d
What part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface? the quill the twig the calligraphic the nib None of these answers is correct.
c
Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes? screenprinting relief gouache lithography intaglio
b
Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium? fresco oil paint acrylic watercolor None of these answers is correct.
c
Which of the following media is the most common of all drawing media? metalpoint pastel graphite pencil pen and ink conté crayon
a
Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray? mezzotint engraving linocut drypoint All these answers are correct.
d
________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it. Encaustic Impasto Fresco Gouache None of these answers is correct.
e
________ is/are among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings. Papyrus Cave walls Silk Fired clay All these answers are correct.
c
A rubber stamp creates what type of print? lithograph silkscreen relief intaglio None of these answers is correct.
e
A traditional metalpoint ground recipe calls for a mixture of bone ash. glue. white pigment. water. All of the answers are correct.
c
After building a canvas and before painting it, a painter generally applies a coat of fresco. linseed oil. primer. a nonaqueous medium. None of these answers is correct.
b
Because this 20th-century artist dated most of his drawings over the course of his lifetime, we have nearly a complete visual record of his mind at work. Ingres Picasso van Gogh Rembrandt Degas
c
In Shahzia Sikander's I from 51 Ways of Looking _________ was used as the medium. ink conté crayon graphite chalk None of the answers are correct.
d
In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to dry plaster. stretched canvas. hot beeswax. wet plaster. raw silk.
a
In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment. cartoon mosaic collage gouache sketch
wire
In metalpoint, lines areare drawn with a silver ___ onto a surface coated with a preliminary coating of paint
b
In printmaking, a plate or block will be cancelled so that a new image may be printed from it. no more prints can be made from it. the artist may rework his or her ideas anew. the printmaker can properly register the prints. ink can be applied to it for printing.
impression
In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called an ___
e
Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in art. mathematics. science. engineering. All these answers are correct.
e
Lithography is a __________ process, which means that the printing surface is flat, not raised. etching intaglio serigraphy relief planographic
e
One of the advantages of oil painting is that it dries very slowly. This allows for a subtle blending of colors the painting to be reworked indefinitely the application of layers of paint on top of one another an almost infinite range of consistencies all these answers are correct
b
One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink ________ the surface of the printing plate. lies above lies below lies even with is forced through None of these answers is correct.
b
Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him? Rivera and Kahlo Michelangelo and Raphael Van Gogh and Gauguin Vermeer and Van Eyck Donatello and Titian
registration
Printing impressions on top of another from separate blocks in order to achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment of the paper, known as ___
a
The difference in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to the use of different binders. the fact that these medium do not need a binding agent. the fact that crayons are made for children, while pastels are made for artists. the use of liquid pigmentation. None of these answers is correct; there is no difference.
c
The earliest known printed book contains the earliest surviving woodcut image. The book was made in the 9th century C.E. in Germany. Spain. China. Egypt. None of these answers is correct.
e
The earliest-known woodcut was made in Germany. India. Italy. Japan. China.
e
The idea that a print is made from a matrix has been altered by the use of ________ to make prints. silkscreen lithographic stone monotypes the planographic process an artist-quality printer
e
The painting technique used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome that involves the use of wax is fresco. oil paint. acrylic. tempera. encaustic.
b
The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is charcoal. metalpoint. crayon. pen and ink. pastel.
lithography
The printing technique invented by a German playwright is search of an inexpensive means of publishing his play is ___
a
The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is pointillism. surrealism. realism. conceptual art. impressionistic.