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Of the artists listed below, who among them was likely to have been influenced by Japanese prints?

Albrecht DürerJacques Louis DavidEdgar DegasJan van EyckJan de Heem

A woodcut print, such as Emile Nolde's Prophet is an example of

lithography.a relief print.silkscreen.a monotype print.an intaglio print.

If an artist pushes the point of a burin across a metal plate, forcing the metal up in slivers in front of the burin, it is an intaglio process called

mezzotint.aquatint.etching.drypoint.engraving.

Which process best describes intaglio printing?

The image to be printed is raised above the surface of the plate.It is the same process as in stenciling.The image is painted on a plate and run through a press.The area that prints is below the surface of the plate.It involves drawing on limestone with a greasy medium.

Drypoint gives a print a rich and soft texture. Which form of printmaking does it belong to?

silkscreenintagliorelieflithographymonotype

In the process of drypoint, why is it unusual to find an edition number higher than 25?

the artist has to make a new plate with each proofafter a while, the ink swells and distorts the woodthe less prints available, the more valuable each one isthe prints in an edition must include a number and a letter, such as 1a, 2b, 3c, etc.the burrs which hold the ink wear down after 25 prints

Which of the following is an example of relief printing?

linocutwoodcutrubber stampukiyo-eAll answers are relief prints.

An intaglio process that is created by roughing the entire area of a plate with a rocker blade is called

engraving.lithography.mezzotint.silkscreen.wood engraving

Who accidently discovered the process of lithography?

PicassoEmile NoldePrince AlbertAlois SenefelderJune Wayne

Which form of printmaking was particularly favored by the German Expressionist artists?

mezzotintintagliowoodcut printlithographysilkscreen

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