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What is Printmaking?







Relief Printing Intaglio Printing




Lino Printing






Woodblock Printing Lithography



Dry point






Silkscreen Printing Etching













Chinese Stone Rubbings and Woodcuts:






Japanese Prints: 15
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Century Gothic Prints:


Renaissance Prints:






Baroque Prints: 18
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Century European Prints:



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Century European Prints:






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Century European Prints: Cubism Prints:





Surrealism Prints:








Expressionism Prints: Pop Art prints:



Australian Prints:





Contemporary Prints: Printmaking-Student Choice

Name of Artist:

Name of Print:


Date of Print:

Type of print:

Characteristics:










21
ST
CENTURY PRINTMAKING RESEARCH
ASSIGNMENT
You are to research, prepare and present work that focuses on printmaking from 1950 onwards. This work could be presented in one of the following
formats:
Create a Power Point presentation on your chosen printmaker and their prints.
Produce a Poster on your chosen printmaker and their prints.
Write an Essay on your chosen printmaker and the prints.
Negotiate a piece of work with your teacher.
When researching your chosen Printmaker and their prints the following must be included in your research:
1. Name of the Printmaker.
2. Five facts about the artists life: birth, death, important moments in their career, influences, etc.
3. A colour picture of the print you have chosen.
4. Title of the print.
5. Size of the print.
6. Date the print was made.
7. Type of print (etching, woodcut, lithograph, etc).
8. What materials did the artist use to create the type of print? (Refer to the first section in this assignment)
9. Describe your chosen print in detail. What do you see in the print? (You must write in complete sentences.)
10. In full sentences how has the artist used the elements of art in the print:
Line? (thick, thin, expressive, hard edge, blurred, interrupted, parallel, etc?)
Colour? (primary, secondary, flat, modelled, warm, cool, pastel, monotone, harmonious, deep, etc?)
Shape? (two dimensional, three dimensional, circular, oval, triangular, square, positive, negative, etc?)
Texture? (rough, smooth, soft, wet, gooey, rusty, prickly, flat, sandy, velvety, etc?)


11.What is the subject matter of the print? (Religious, landscape, portrait, historical event, still life, domestic, interior, myths and legends, fantasy,
commercial, etc?)
12.What story was the artist trying to tell with this print?
13. What is your opinion of this print? Do you like/dislike the print and why? Explain your answer in at least 3 sentences.

14. Include two more prints by the same artist with their titles and date printed.


15. Your research must include a bibliography of at least 3 sources. See College Planner for correct bibliography requirements.


YEAR 8 PRINTMAKING SITES TO EXPLORE
Printmaking sites: Printmakers:
http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/ Margaret Preston Enrique Chagoya
http://www.originalprints.com/ Fred Williams Julian Opie Prints
Modern Printmakers Elizabeth Catlett Blinky Palermo Prints
Printmakers by nationality Carlos Alvarado Lang Edward Ruscha Prints
American Printmakers Pablopicassoprints.com Henry Moore Prints
http://www.magical-secrets.com/ Stow Wengenroth
www.fandrfinearts.com/index.php?main_page=index... For Japanese prints and printmakers