Chapter 8 - Printmaking study guide (Lithography)

What is the definition of lithography?

• Lithography is a method that requires no cutting of the matrix.

• Lithography is where areas below the surface hold the ink.

• Lithography is a planographic technique based on the antipathy of oil and water.

• Lithography is where the printing is done from ink that is below the surface of the plate.

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

For lithography prints, you need

• a stone

• a screen

• a gouge

• acid

What is NOT true about offset lithography?

• Uses flat plates, Planography.

• Principle of oil & water do not mix

• impact printing

• Prints digitally from computer

Paper, ink, stone, and grease are integral to a printing process known by which name below?

• mobile

• relief

• silhouette

• lithography

Select 3 things that need to be written on the bottom of each edition.

• Your signature

• The title

• Number of edition

• The class period

What is offset lithography?

• It is a lithographic printing by indirect image tarnsfer from photomechanical plates

• It is a process in which lines are scratched directly into the matrix.

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

• It is a technique based on the antipathy of oil and water.

What is Rue Transnonain reconstructing?

• A horrible event that occurred during a period of civil unrest in Paris.

• An event that occurred during the Spanish Civil War.

• The death of innocent people.

What increase the dramatic impact of Rue Transnonain?

• The strong light and dark areas.

• The emphasis of blood.

• The facial expressions of the people.

After the image is complete, the sone is chemically treated with gum arabic and a small amount of acid to fic the drawing onto the stone.

• True

• False

Before the development of modern photographic printing presses, lithographs provided the illustrations for newspapers, posters, and handbills.

• True

• False