Prints Getlein Chapter 8 Test Bank Answers

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 8 Prints

1) Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.

A) screenprints

B) intaglio prints

C) monotypes

D) relief prints

2) In printmaking, a(n) ________ is a surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface such as paper.

A) burin

B) matrix

C) impression

D) edition

3) What characteristic is associated with lithography? 

A) Planographic process

B) Intaglio

C) Stone relief

D) Engraving

4) Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes?

A) Screenprinting

B) Gouache

C) Lithography

D) Intaglio

5) Images from the world's earliest known printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was made using what process? 

A) Drypoint

B) Mezzotint

C) Woodcut

D) Lithography

6) A rubber stamp creates what type of print?

A) Lithograph

B) Silkscreen

C) Relief

D) Intaglio

7) ________ is the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more printing blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper.

A) Registration

B) Photogravure

C) Serigraphy

D) Linocut

8) What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art?

A) Prints are always machine-made and relatively inexpensive.

B) Prints are copies of works of art and don't involve artists in the production process.

C) Prints have very little resale value and are a poor investment for collectors.

D) Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image.

9) 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.

A) lies above

B) lies below

C) lies even with

D) is forced through

10) What artist used traditional woodcut printing to create art with modern subject matter?

A) Albrecht Dürer

B) Alfred Stieglitz

C) Ed Ruscha

D) Käthe Kollwitz

11) Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing?

A) Mezzotint

B) Linocut

C) Engraving

D) Aquatint

12) What work is a good example of how screenprinting may be used to produce broad areas of flat, uniform color?

A) Standard Station by Ed Ruscha

B) The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz

C) Singing Their Songs by Elizabeth Catlett

D) The Caress by Mary Cassatt

13) What printing technique uses a grease-based crayon, known by its German name, tusche?

A) Mezzotint

B) Screenprinting

C) Lithography

D) Drypoint

14) In printmaking, when an edition is complete, what will typically happen to the matrix?

A) It will be restored so that a new image may be printed from it.

B) It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it.

C) It will be registered so that the artist may rework his or her ideas anew.

D) It will be registered so that the edition may be copyrighted.

15) What term is used to describe "silk writing"?

A) Registration

B) Intaglio

C) Lithography

D) Serigraphy

16) What technology has changed printmaking, making the traditional use of a matrix increasingly obsolete? 

A) Serigraphy

B) Registration machines

C) Monotype

D) Inkjet printers

17) In what way does Caledonia Curry, better known as Swoon, use linocuts and woodcuts in a modern way?

A) Blog decorations

B) Internet art

C) Street art

D) Color screenprint

18) What printing process is considered the most direct and effortless, features that lead to its use in daily newspapers?

A) Etching

B) Intaglio

C) Serigraphy

D) Lithography

19) Honoré Daumier used the lithographic process for his masterly work in ________.

A) caricatures 

B) etchings 

C) black-and-white photography

D) serigraphy

20) Discuss the entire process of producing a print using any one of the major printmaking methods. Make reference to a specific work or works to help explain and illustrate your statements.

21) Discuss the reasons why an artist might want to make a monotype instead of simply painting on canvas or paper.

22) How can understanding printmaking techniques, both commercial and artistic, help you assess the value of a printed work?

23) Choose one work from Chapter 8 of your text that was made after the year 1900 and does not feature the use of inkjet printers. What printmaking process was used to create the work? Compare the work to an older work that used the same process. Discuss how the works are similar and different.

24) Consider Ruscha's Standard Station, included in this chapter of the text. Identify the printing technique used in this work. Discuss the subject matter of this print and briefly describe the materials and process used to create such a work. How is the attitude of the artist towards his subject reinforced by the choice of medium?

25) Discuss the process used in Nicole Eisenman's work, Untitled. How did the artist use this technique to convey the narrative in his imagery? 

26) What were some common themes in the work of Käthe Kollwitz? How did her use of prints enhance her subject matter and content? Discuss at least one of her works in your response.