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lithography: Study Guide

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A planographic printmaking technique based on the antipathy of oil and water; the image is drawn with a grease crayon or painted with tusche on a stone or grained aluminum plate; the surface is then chemically treated and dampened so that it will accept ink only where the crayon or tusche has been used ?

a)

lithography

b)

stencil

c)

plate mark

d)

photo screen

2.

For lithography prints you need?

a)

a stone

b)

a gouge

c)

a screen

d)

acid

3.

offset lithography

a)

lithographic printing by indirect image transfer from photomechanical plates; the plate transfers ink to a rubber-covered cylinder, which "offsets" the ink to the paper

b)

any print making technique in which lines and areas to be inked are recessed below the surface of the printing plate

c)

in color printmaking or machine printing, the process if aligning the impressions of blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper

4.

How does treating the drawing surface with a solution of gum arabic and acid make the lithographic process possible?

a)

It surrounds the greasy image with a solution that attracts water but not ink

b)

It acts as a light-sensitive gelatin that allows the passage of ink

c)

It eats away at the greasy image, creating grooves below the surface that hold the ink

d)

It produces a stencil that can then be used to print multiple times

5.

Which printmaking technique would be most effective for making a large edition of inexpensive prints?

a)

engraving

b)

woodcut

c)

lithography

d)

etching

6.

What is NOT true about offset lithography?

a)

Uses flat plates, Planography.

b)

impact printing

c)

Principe of oil & water do not mix

d)

prints digitally from computer

7.

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

a)

lithography

b)

relief

c)

registration

d)

print

8.

What increase the dramatic impact of Rue Transnonain?

a)

The strong light and dark areas.

b)

The facial expressions of the people.

9.

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

a)

false

b)

true

10.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec became famous for lithographs that

a)

criticized the French upper classes

b)

promoted workers’ rights in the nineteenth century

c)

publicized Parisian entertainers

d)

raised public awareness of governmental injustice

11.

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

a)

false

b)

true

12.

One advantage of printmaking is that the same image can be produced multiple times.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

What technique/type of printing is from a flat surface?

-–Lithograph, monoprint

a)

Collograph

b)

Planographic

c)

Relief

d)

Intaglio

14.

Why can lithography plates be reused?

a)

They can be acid washed.

b)

They are wood and can be sanded.

c)

They are metal and can be polished.

d)

The surface remains intact.

15.

year? Print type?

a)

1893; Lithography

b)

1513; Engraving

c)

1867; Linocut

d)

1854; Lithography