Gateways to Art 2.3

Question 1

edition

Answer 1

all the copies of a print made from a single printing

Question 2

relief

Answer 2

a print process where the inked image is higher than the non-printing areas

Question 3

intaglio

Answer 3

any print process where the inked image is lower than the surface of the printing plate; from the Italian for “cut into” a surface

Question 4

Planography

Answer 4

a print process-lithography and silkscreen printing-where the inked image area and non-inked areas are at the same height

Question 5

Impression

Answer 5

an individual print, or pull, from a printing press

Question 6

Woodblock

Answer 6

a relief print process where the image is carved into a block of wood

Question 7

woodcut

Answer 7

a print created from an incised piece of wood

Question 8

color

Answer 8

the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength

Question 9

style

Answer 9

a characteristic way in which an artist or group of artists uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression

Question 10

subject

Answer 10

the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art

Question 11

engraving

Answer 11

a printmaking technique where the artist gouges or scratches the image into the surface of the printing plate

Question 12

dry-point

Answer 12

an intaglio printmaking process where the artist raises a burr when gouging the printing plate

Question 13

Expressionism (adjective Expressionist)

Answer 13

an artistic style, at its height in 1920s Europe, which aimed to portray the world in terms of vivid extremes of personal experience and feeling

Question 14

etching

Answer 14

an intaglio printmaking process that uses acid to bite (or etch) the engraved design into the printing surface

Question 15

value

Answer 15

the lightness or darkness of a plane or area

Question 16

aquatint

Answer 16

an intaglio printmaking process that uses melted rosin or spray paint to create an acid-resistant ground

Question 17

rosin

Answer 17

a dry powdered resin that melts when heated, used in the aquatint process

Question 18

Organic

Answer 18

having forms and shapes derived from living organisms

Question 19

sketch

Answer 19

a rough preliminary version of a work or part of a work

Question 20

composition

Answer 20

the overall design or organization of a work

Question 21

directional line

Answer 21

implied line within a composition, leading the viewer’s eye from one element to another

Question 22

implied line

Answer 22

a visual illusion expressing texture

Question 23

Mezzotint

Answer 23

an intaglio printmaking process based on roughening the entire printing plate to accept ink; the artist smoothes non-image areas

Question 24

stencil

Answer 24

a perforated template allowing ink or paint to pass through to print a design

Question 25

mask

Answer 25

in spray painting or silkscreen printing, a barrier whose shape blocks the paint or ink from passing through

Question 26

abstract

Answer 26

an artwork the form of which is simplified, distorted, or exaggerated in appearance, It may represent a recognizable form that has been slightly altered, or it may be completely non-representational depiction

Question 27

contrast

Answer 27

a drastic difference between such elements as color or value (lightness/darkness)