The oldest form of printmaking is __________, and most likely the first people to use it were the
ancient __________.
woodcut; Chinese
In Paul Landacre's Growing Corn, we see a good example of the __________ that can be obtained
from the skillful use of wood engraving
precise lines and tonal gradations
Intaglio prints are made from __________ into which lines have been incised.
metal plates
In the __________ process, the artist creates clean-cut lines on a plate of copper, zinc, or steel by
forcing a sharp burin across the surface with the heel of the hand.
engraving
In creating his Christ Crucified between Two Thieves, Rembrandt used a drypoint needle in order
to create __________.
soft, velvety lines
Etching is an intaglio process in which the matrix is covered with a waxy substance and the design
is drawn into this substance. The completed matrix drawing is then put into a(n) __________.
acid bath that etches the exposed areas of the matrix
Which of the following types of printmaking is not an essentially linear media?
mezzotint
In the 17th century, a Dutchman developed a technique for mezzotint, from the Italian for
__________, in which the metal plate is worked over with a multi-toothed tool called a
__________.
half-tint; hatcher
In The Painter and His Model, Picasso was able to approximate the effects of mezzotint with a
much simpler technique known as __________.
aquatint
The 20th-century American abstract artist Josef Albers created Solo V, an inkless intaglio technique
known as __________.
gauffrage
Lithography, invented in the beginning of the 19th century by a German playwright, is a
planographic, or __________, printing process in which a __________ is used.
surface; stone slab
. Serigraphy, or silkscreen, was first developed for use as a(n) __________ medium, a fitting
medium because Pop artist __________ used it to create Four Multi-colored Marilyns.
commercial; Andy Warhol
A monotype differs from all other printmaking techniques because __________.
it only yields a single, unique image