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Chapter 8: Prints


Essay Questions

Chapter 8: Prints

  1. Why would an artist choose to do a print instead of a painting or drawing? Give several specific reasons.

  2. Describe the intaglio process of printing. How does it differ from the relief process? In your answer, compare and contrast the etching and engraving methods of producing intaglio prints. Which of the two methods do you prefer? Why?

  3. Look at Flora Palmer's American Express Train done for Currier & Ives. Contrast it with Toulouse-Lautrec's poster for the café called Moulin Rouge, La Goulue. Both are color lithographs meant for advertising purposes, but they are very different. Discuss the stylistic differences you see. What could account for the different ways each artist used the same medium to get his/her message across? Is Palmer as well known as Toulouse-Lautrec? Why or why not?

  4. Imagine Hokusai looking at Rauschenberg's Centennial Certificate M.M.A. What would he think about the images, the technique, the medium? What would he say to Rauschenberg about it? There are clues in Hokusai's work and writings to enable you to formulate a hypothetical answer grounded in fact.

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