Art Section III

What does the split fountain screenprinting technique do?

Meticulously blend two colors on a single screen

Benjamin Franklin by Charles Willson Peale uses which printing method to create visual mass?

Mezzotint

Digital prints use dots to create an image similar to what other printing method?

Mezzotint

Early photography owed its popularity to what?

Portrait studios

In relation to drawing media, what is pigment?

Powdered coloring material

Which are inking methods?

Quill Rapidograph Brush

When using multiple colors in screenprinting, what is required to create quality prints?

Registration

Look at this image. To get the lighter tones in Asta su Abuelo (And So Was His Grandfather), Goya does what?

Stopped out

Look at this image. How do we know Goya's Asta su Abuelo (And So Was His Grandfather) is an aquatint print?

The range of flat tones present in the print The grainy areas where the resin was placed

What are the advantages of using charcoal in Yvonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I?

The value range Easy to smudge Its ability to create detail

What is one reason for the invention of lithography?

To find a more affordable printing process

Compared to other printing techniques, what may have attracted Nicole Eisenman to use monotype for her untitled piece?

Unlimited color options Ability to use painting techniques

What made Howling Wolf's drawings different from other ledger artists?

Use of color and pattern

How are artists changing their approaches to printmaking?

Using them in three dimensional pieces Considering non-traditional surfaces

Which are parts of the photogravure process?

Which are parts of the photogravure process?

Look at this image. Fiona Rae creates what kind of digital print?

Whimsical

What is a characteristic of the aquatint process?

Frequent pairing with other techniques

What is the most common drawing material encased in wood?

Graphite

What is metalpoint made of?

soft metal

The process of diluting ink with water when drawing is known as ______.

wash

The pigment particles in ink is suspended in ______.

water

Café-concert, by George Seurat, uses ______ to add highlights and create contrast.

white chalk

Look at this image. Filippino Lippi uses metalpoint to create what kind of image?

Preliminary sketches

Invented during the 19th century, what was photogravure originally used for?

Print photographs and photographic reproductions of art

Look at this image. How are the range of values created in The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz?

The amount light allowed to pass through the gelatin determines how light or dark the value is.

Which steps are part of the lithographic process?

The artist draws on a stone with a greasy crayon. The matrix is treated with an acid solution. The matrix is damped with a wet cloth.

How are Howling Wolf's drawings similar to the way artists use sketchbooks?

They are intimate drawings meant for private viewing.

Why were newspapers an ideal place for caricatures and cartoons?

They reached a larger audience compared to other methods. Issues addressed ranged from social to political issues.

Why does Georges Seurat use textured paper to create Café Concert?

To recreate the visual effect of pointillism

Look at this image. How can we tell what techniques Nicole Eisenman used in her untitled print?

Visible brush strokes

Look at this image The lines in this Filippino Lippi sketch are typical of those found in ______ drawings.

metalpoint

Look at this image. What characteristics are presented in Julia Margaret Cameron's 1867 portrait of her niece titled Julia Jackson?

ody light Softened focus

How can white chalk be used in drawings or paintings?

To highlight small areas

What characteristic does photogravure share with aquatint and mezzotint?

Varied range of tone

Look at this image. What most likely prompted Alfred Stieglitz to create The Steerage?

Wanting to capture the use of line and visual balance

Traditionally the preparatory ground of a metalpoint drawing is made from which materials?

White pigment Glue Bone ash

High quality charcoal that is light weight and easily broken is made from ______.

Willow

Look at this image. How does Chris Ofili create depth in his piece Prince among Thieves with Flowers?

He uses pencils that vary in hardness and softness.

Look at this image. What did Francisco Goya intend for Asta su Abuelo (And So Was His Grandfather) to depict?

A commentary on how power is inherited through the monarchy and those associated

What probably attracted Ed Ruscha to use screenprinting to create Standard Station?

Ability to create consistent color and bold shapes

Look at the image. What makes the drawing Three Mile Island, Night I a unique drawing?

Aerial depiction of a landscape

Who is credited with inventing lithography?

Alois Senefelder

What printing process only became commonly known a century after it was developed by Jan van de Velde?

Aquatint

What happens to the image when a monotype is sent through the press more than once?

Becomes distorted from the original

What work of art uses conté and chalk to create a high contrast image?

Cafe-concert

What device was developed during the Renaissance to harness the principles of light as observed by the mathematician Alhazen?

Camera obscura

Look at this image. To create the cross-hatching and prevent smudging, Yvonne Jacquette would have used what?

Charcoal

What drawing material is made of charred wood?

Charcoal

Which are dry media?

Charcoal Pastel Metalpoint

What is Honoré Daumier poking fun at in his piece Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art?

Comparing Nadar's aerial photography with his attempt at elevating photography artistically

True or false: Monotype produces multiple impressions of an image from each plate.

false

To created detailed work that is semi-permanent, artist will use what kind of charcoal?

Compressed

What drawing material uses a greasy binder, clay, and pigment to be formed into an array of colorful sticks?

Conte

Which crayon uses pigment mixed with clay and a small amount of binder?

Conte

A mixture of powdered pigments and a wax or oil based binder results in what medium?

Crayon

What makes Pepón Osorio's piece You're Never Ready unique to printmaking?

Creating an installation

What are the common themes depicted in many of Howling Wolf's drawings?

Daily life Warfare

What trait does graphite possess?

Dark gray sheen

When an artist studies and draws works by other artists, what are they trying to accomplish?

Develop their skills Learn new techniques

How do caricatures differ from cartoons?

Distorted features are emphasized.

Which aspects made it difficult for photography to be seen as a form of art?

Easily learned and produced Early photos' lack of color Accuracy and detail of the image

In what culture is the ink process seen as painting instead of drawing?

East Asia

By the 1980s, which items caused the digital revolution in art?

Internet Computer

Look at this image. How can we tell that this impression of Rembrandt's Christ Preaching is an early impression?

Intricate areas of cross hatching in areas of shadow Subtle gradations of light and dark

Why did mezzotint become the preferred printing process for reproducing images of paintings?

It allowed for the most accurate reproduction of areas of shading.

What does brushing a soft cloth over charcoal create?

It blends to create soft transitions. It can erase drawn lines.

What makes Christ Preaching so important to Rembrandt's catalog of prints?

It demonstrates his use of chiaroscuro.

Look at this image. Honoré Daumier used what printing technique for Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art?

Lithography

What technique or process enabled caricatures to become common components in newspapers?

Lithography

Which process of designing and creating a printing plate is most similar to drawing?

Lithography

Who was the first person to develop a photographic technique that could record a clear and sharp image, using a method that others could easily duplicate?

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

Why is metalpoint not widely used today?

Mistakes are not easily changed or erased.

Look at this image. What technique did Nicole Eisenman use to create her untitled piece?

Monotype

Which printing process can transfer a quality print through hand-rubbing paper on the printing surface?

Monotype

Ed Ruscha's Standard Station was inspired by what?

Movie title marquee

What print technology made it possible to create multiple photographs of a single image?

Negatives

Most graphite is extracted from various ______ and purified.

Ores

Look at this image. Which medium characterizes Edgar Degas's artwork The Singer in Green?

Pastel

Which dry media are known for their use of color?

Pastel Crayon

What does high-quality printers for inkjet prints use?

Pigment-based inks

Look at this image. The soft edges on Alfred Stieglitz's The Steerage is the result of what?

Powdered resin

Look at this image. The light value of the flowers in Prince among Thieves with Flowers indicate what about the pencil used?

The graphite consists of lots of clay.

Why was the daguerreotype considered to be a technological dead end?

The image could not be reproduced. The image was unique.

What does Standard Station reflect of Ed Ruscha's life?

The influence of movie and car culture

When composing an aquatint, how do you create a darker area of color or heavier line?

The plate is left in the acid bath longer so the plate will hold additional ink.

Asphalt, acid, and needles are all supplies used in what printmaking process?

Etching

What kind of technique is photogravure?

Etching

The principles behind photography is also used for what?

Explaining how the human eye works

What media are known to be the first to record and project movable images?

Film and video

What are the advantages of monotype?

Freedom to use any drawing or painting techniques in the design of the plate The ability to use an unlimited range of colors, shades, and hues

Look at this image. With her piece Cute Motion!!, how does Fiona Rae create dimensionality?

Glues three-dimensional craft elements to it

The invention developed in 1837 that used a copper plate coated with silver iodide is known as a ______.

daguerreotype

True or false: The goal of photojournalism is to get a photograph to illustrate an article.

false

How did Robert Capa's photograph The Falling Soldier change photojournalism on the battlefield?

It captured a pivotal moment in war in real time.

Why is drawing considered to be an especially intimate form of artistic expression?

It is often used by artists as a form of private note-taking.

What camera made it easy to travel and take multiple photographs?

Kodak

The Great Art of Light and Shadow depicts a portable camera obscura arrangement developed by ______.

Leonardo da Vinci

How are drawing media grouped?

Liquid Dry

The earliest photographs needed to be exposed to light for extended amounts of time which led to which results?

Studios requiring controlled environments Moving objects not appearing

Look at this image. What attributes of metalpoint does Filippino Lippi sketch possess?

Thin, uniform lines Pale gray lines