Quiz 5

Front 1

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

Back 1

an impression.
A broadly agreed-upon principle is that each print that is produced from a printmaking process producing multiple images is called an impression.

Front 2

Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes?

Back 2

gouache
Gouche is a painting medium.

Front 3

A rubber stamp creates what type of print?

Back 3

relief
Rubber stamps create a relief print where the print is a mirror image of the stamp.

Front 4

The earliest-known woodcut was made in

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Japan

Front 5

Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray?

Back 5

mezzotint
Mezzotint is a reverse process in which the artist works from dark to light, creating subtle values.

Front 6

Serigraphy means, literally,

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"silk writing"
Serigraphy involves a sheer fabric, like silk, to create prints by using a stencil technique, where the ink is pushed through the stencil against the paper’s surface.

Front 7

Lithography is a __________ process, which means that the printing surface is flat, not raised.

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planographic
A planographic process involves image areas that are level with the surface of the printing plate.

Front 8

Although wood engraving sounds like an intaglio process it is actually a ________ process.

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relief
Like a woodcut, wood engraving uses a block of wood as a matrix.

Front 9

If a print is numbered 4/100, what information can be deciphered?

Back 9

There are 99 other prints in the edition.

Front 10

Printing impressions on top of one another from separate blocks in order to achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment of the paper, known as

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registration
Registration is necessary for multiple printing blocks to verify that each subsequent image is aligned with the existing image, and that no gaps or overlapping occurs.