Chapter 8 - Printmaking study guide (Intaglio)

What is the definition of intaglio printing?

• Intaglio printing is where the artists creates the matrix by cutting away all parts of the printing surface not meant to carry ink; this leaves the design "in relief" at the level of the original surface.

• Intaglio printing is where areas below the surface hold the ink.

• Intaglio printing is a family of printing methods where a printing block, plate or matrix that has had ink applied to its surface, but not to any recessed areas, is brought into contact with paper.

• Intaglio printing is a printmaking technique in which lines and areas to be inkd are recessed below the surface of the printing plate.

• Intaglio printing is a technique that requires no cutting of the matrix; it is a surface or planographic printing process.

What is the engraving process?

• It is where the artist cut lines into the polished surface of a metal plate with burin, or engraving tool.

• It is the process in which grooves are cut into a metal or wood surface with a sharp cutting tool called buring or graver.

• It is a method of printing in wood; made with denser wood, cutting into the end of the grain rather than the side.

• it is the process in which value areas rather than lines are etched on the printing plate.

Which printmaking process requires the paper to be damp?

• Planography

• Relief

• Intaglio

• Stencil

In intaglio printing, what must you do after adding ink to the plate?

• Add water with spray bottle

• Wipe extra ink from the surface

• Wait for it to dry

• Use a brayer

Number of prints pulled from a plate, not counting the artist’s proof

• Registration

• Hammurabi's code

• Bench hook

• Edition

A means of incising lines in a metal plate with acid for printing in the intaglio technique.

• Edition

• Etching

• Gouge

• Block

What is a "Burin?"

• A piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface, used to print repeated impressions of that design.

• a tool for cutting and clearing areas from a block of wood or linoleum.

• A tool used by an engraver with a steel shaft and a sharp point at one end and a handle at the other.

Engraving, drypoint, and etching are hte principal intaglio processes.

• True

• False

How did Albrecht Durer made darker areas in The Knight, Death, and the Devil.

• By using various types of cross-hatching.

• By adding more black ink to the regions that he wanted to be darker.

• By adding by hand more ink to the areas after the print was done.

How can we see the complex of richness of engraved lines in Albrecht Durer's engraving?

• By looking at the thousands of fine lines that define the shapes, masses, spaces, values, and textures in his complex print.

• By looking the variety of printing techniques he used to make his print.

• By looking the way he organized the drawing for the final print.