The Artist's Signature

A cooperative guild system is:

• A large fine arts company

• A group of artists working together under one boss

• An art business with a golden rating

• The popular system of art before the Renaissance

Artist signatures became commonplace

• in the 20th century

• before the Renaissance

• after Rembrandt began signing his paintings

• it is still not common practice

Why do artists sign their works?

• to show ownership

• to designate the work as complete

• to get paid

• as part of the artistic process

Artist signatures are important because they can

• help date an art piece

• provide information as to where the art piece was created

• detail why or for whom the art piece was created

• give information about the materials used in the art piece

An artist's signature increases the value of a piece of art.

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• false

Artist's signatures are always on the bottom right-corner of an art piece.

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• false

An artist's signature can reveal character traits of the artist.

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• false

Artists' signatures never change.

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• false

Artists' signatures can be

• only symbols

• a combination of symbols and letters

• embedded within a piece of art

• only letters