首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, of which woodcut and engraving are two prime examples. Prints are mad
Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, of which woodcut and engraving are two prime examples. Prints are mad
admin
2012-08-25
74
问题
Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, of which woodcut and engraving are two prime examples. Prints are made by pressing a sheet of paper (or other material) against an image-bearing surface to which ink has been applied. When the paper is removed, the image adheres to it, but in reverse.
The woodcut had been used in China from the fifth century A.D. for applying patterns to textiles. The process was not introduced into Europe until the fourteenth century, first for textile decoration and then for printing on paper. Woodcuts are created by a relief process; first, the artist takes a block of wood, which has been sawed parallel to the grain, covers it with a white ground, and then draws the image in ink. The background is carved away, leaving the design area slightly raised. The woodblock is inked, and the ink adheres to the raised image. It is then transferred to damp paper either by hand or with a printing press.
Engraving, which grew out of the goldsmith’s art, originated in Germany and northern Italy in the middle of the fifteenth century. It is an intaglio process (from Italian intagliare, "to carve"). The image is incised into a highly polished metal plate, usually copper, with a cutting instrument, or burin. The artist inks the plate and wipes it clean so that some ink remains in the incised grooves. An impression is made on damp paper in a printing press, with sufficient pressure being applied so that the paper picks up the ink.
Both woodcut and engraving have distinctive characteristics. Engraving lends itself to subtle modeling and shading through the use of fine lines. Hatching and cross-hatching determine the degree of light and shade in a print. Woodcuts tend to be more linear, with sharper contrasts between light and dark. Printmaking is well suited to the production of multiple images. A set of multiples is called an edition. Both methods can yield several hundred good-quality prints before the original block or plate begins to show signs of wear. Mass production of prints in the sixteenth century made images available, at a lower cost, to a much broader public than before.
According to the passage, all of the following are true about engraving EXCEPT that it
选项
A、developed from the art of the goldsmiths
B、requires that the paper be cut with a burin
C、originated in the fifteenth century
D、involves carving into a metal plate
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/zryO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswers
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswers
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswers
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage?Inboxes11-13onyouranswersheet,writeTRU
Completethesummarybelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTWOWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxesonyou
TheInnovationofGroceryStoresA.Attheverybeginningofthe20thcentury,theAmericangrocerystoresofferedcomprehen
WhichmetalweretheCeltsusingatthebeginningofthefirstmillenniumB.C.?
WhichmetalweretheCeltsusingatthebeginningofthefirstmillenniumB.C.?
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.NOTESONSOCIALPROGRAMMEExample
随机试题
运输内源性胆固醇的脂蛋白主要是下面哪一种
血栓脱落左室功能衰竭
杜仲具有的功效是()
如果解决施工合同纠纷的仲裁过程违反法定程序,当事人可以向()申请撤销裁决。
根据我国现行车辆购置税的性质和规定,下列说法中,正确的是( )。
阅读下列材料并回答问题。材料:以下是某位教师讲授“苏联和东欧社会主义国家的改革”时的课堂导入:同学们,今天我们来学习第二次世界大战后苏联和东欧国家是如何发展的,把课本翻到64页,课题是“苏联和东欧社会主义国家的改革”。该教师的
高某因盗窃被判处有期徒刑一年,缓刑一年,目前正在社区矫正,他生活无着,情绪低落,经常与邻居发生冲突,社区调解员曾多次上门调解他与邻居的纠纷。社区工作者小赵了解到高某曾做过汽车修理工,通过多方联络,为他找到汽车修理厂的工作。为改善高某与邻居的关系,改变他低落
Readthefollowingtextandanswerquestionsbyfindinginformationfromtherightcolumnthatcorrespondstoeachofthemarked
下图是某项目的箭线图(时间单位:周),其关键路径是(1),工期是(2)周。(1)
一个汉字的国标码需用( )。
最新回复
(
0
)