Module 4

The ___ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 c.e.

The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is
charcoal.
metalpoint.
crayon.
pen and ink.
pastel.

The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as ___

Which of the following media is the most common of all drawing media?
metalpoint
pastel
graphite pencil
pen and ink
conté crayon

In metalpoint, lines areare drawn with a silver ___ onto a surface coated with a preliminary coating of paint

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.

The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is
pointillism.
surrealism.
realism.
conceptual art.
impressionistic.

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.

Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in
art.
mathematics.
science.
engineering.
All these answers are correct.

________ is/are among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings.
Papyrus
Cave walls
Silk
Fired clay
All these answers are correct.

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

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.

A traditional metalpoint ground recipe calls for a mixture of
bone ash.
glue.
white pigment.
water.
All of the answers are correct.

Vonne Jacquette’s Three Mile Island, Night I uses the medium of
chalk.
pastel.
white pigment.
charcoal.
All of the answers are correct.

The 20th-century master of the fresco technique who created the work MixtecCulture is
Raphael.
Diego Rivera.
Pablo Picasso.
Georges Braque.
Frida Kahlo.

What is pigment in paint?
a powdered color
a medium
a solvent
a binder
a vehicle

Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?
fresco
oil paint
acrylic
watercolor
None of these answers is correct.

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.

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to
dry plaster.
stretched canvas.
hot beeswax.
wet plaster.
raw silk.

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.

In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.
cartoon
mosaic
collage
gouache
sketch

Watercolor’s primary characteristic is its
permanency.
opacity.
ease of revision.
transparency.
textural qualities.

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.

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

________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.
Encaustic
Impasto
Fresco
Gouache
None of these answers is correct.

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

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.

Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in
a pigment.
an impasto.
a ground.
an emulsion.
a glaze.

Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.
screenprints
intaglio prints
monotypes
relief prints
planographic prints

In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called an ___

The printing technique invented by a German playwright is search of an inexpensive means of publishing his play is ___

Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes?
screenprinting
relief
gouache
lithography
intaglio

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.

A rubber stamp creates what type of print?
lithograph
silkscreen
relief
intaglio
None of these answers is correct.

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 ___

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.

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.

The earliest-known woodcut was made in
Germany.
India.
Italy.
Japan.
China.

What are the techniques of intaglio printing?

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

Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray?
mezzotint
engraving
linocut
drypoint
All these answers are correct.

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.

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

Lithography is a __________ process, which means that the printing surface is flat, not raised.
etching
intaglio
serigraphy
relief
planographic