ARTS

Question 1

Scope of
humanities

Answer 1

Visual Arts - The Plastic Art - Literature - Music - Drama & Theatre - Dance

Question 2

Process of applying pigment to a surface to secure effects
involving forms and colors. Painting mediums: oils,
watercolors, tempera, others. Surfaces: canvas, wood, paper
and plaster.

Answer 2

Painting

Question 3

The art of representing something by lines made on a
surface or the process of portraying an object, scene, or
forms of decorative or symbolic meaning through lines,
shading, and textures in one or more colors. Medium: pencil,
pen and ink, crayon, brush, and charcoal.

Answer 3

Drawing

Question 4

Processes for making multi- reproduction of graphic works.
Involve the preparation of master image of the drawing or
design on some durable material such as wood, metal, or
stone, from which printing is done.
Processes:
◦ Raised (relief)
◦ Depressed (Intaglio)
◦ Flat
(surface, or plane

Answer 4

Graphic
Processes

Question 5

graphic processes: Unwanted portions of design are cut away on the master
image. Printed image is formed by the remaining surfaces.
Examples: linoleum cuts, woodcuts, wood

Answer 5

3.1 Relief Printing

Question 6

graphic processes: Printing from a plate on which incised lines, which carry the
ink, leave a raised impression. Dry point: ◦ Artist draws
directly on a metal plate with a sharp needle and scratches
lines, or grooves, into the metal. ◦ For each print, ink is
rubbed into the grooves and the unscratched surface is
wiped clean. ◦ In printing, the ink in the grooves is
transferred to paper.

Answer 6

3.2 Intaglio Printing

Question 7

graphic processes: Includes all processes in which printing is done from a flat
(plane) surface

Answer 7

3.3 Surface Printing

Question 8

Drawing or designs on metal plates covered with
wax.
◦ Needle penetrates wax to the surface of the plate.
◦
Plate is then dipped in acid, which eats the lines into the
metal.
◦ For printing, etched (bitten) lines are filled with ink
which is transferred to the paper. Engraving:
◦ Done on a
metal plate with a cutting tool called a barin, which leaves a
V-shaped trough.
◦ Drawings or designs on the plate are
entirely composed of lines or dots.

Answer 8

Etching:

Question 9

: Printing from a flat stone or metal plate by am
method based on the repulsion between grease and water. ◦
Design is put on the surface. ◦ Surface is treated so that ink
adheres only to areas where drawing has been done. ◦ Ink is
then transferred to the paper in printing.

Answer 9

Lithography