Why Make Print?
C. Essay (1,000 words) (10%)
Title: Why Make Print?
1.Describe and analyze the development of Print media in local and global context.
2.Explore the relationship between art ideas and use of media.
The written assignment should have accurate attributions from literature, and well organized and structured ideas.
Introduction
In the beginning printmaking was not considered to be an art form or a medium of communication.Print making is merely the reproduction of text or image.According to Roderick, Anne, Shelagh and Jessica(1990), “the earliest form of printing was woodblock printing, with existing examples from China dating to before 220 A.D.” Berner(1997) claimed that In China, an alternative to woodblock printing was a system of reprography which means the reproduction of graphics thronugh mechanical or electrical since the Han Dynasty using carved stone steles to reproduce pages of text. However, Woodblock printing is not convenient and time-cosuming.Therefore, they use paperin.
Andy Warhol was a man of change, and used many different materials for creating his artistic masterpieces. These materials included: oil paints, acrylic paints, silk screening, metals, chemicals, ink, photographs, etc.
It was not till the 18th century that art prints began to be considered originals and not till the 19th that artists began to produce limited editions and to sign their prints along with the technical information necessary to authenticate the work.
Printmaking, like everything else in the art world, exploded in the first half of the 20th century. First and foremost was Pablo Picasso, the Spanish lad from Málaga who made more than 1,000 prints including etchings, engravings, drypoints, woodcuts, lithographs and lino cuts. Picasso almost single handedly returned printmaking's center of gravity to France. Then came Braque, Matisse, Rouault, Chagal, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Jan Arp, Salvador Dalí and others. In Germany it was the time of the Expressionists,
Title: Why Make Print?
1.Describe and analyze the development of Print media in local and global context.
2.Explore the relationship between art ideas and use of media.
The written assignment should have accurate attributions from literature, and well organized and structured ideas.
Introduction
In the beginning printmaking was not considered to be an art form or a medium of communication.Print making is merely the reproduction of text or image.According to Roderick, Anne, Shelagh and Jessica(1990), “the earliest form of printing was woodblock printing, with existing examples from China dating to before 220 A.D.” Berner(1997) claimed that In China, an alternative to woodblock printing was a system of reprography which means the reproduction of graphics thronugh mechanical or electrical since the Han Dynasty using carved stone steles to reproduce pages of text. However, Woodblock printing is not convenient and time-cosuming.Therefore, they use paperin.
Andy Warhol was a man of change, and used many different materials for creating his artistic masterpieces. These materials included: oil paints, acrylic paints, silk screening, metals, chemicals, ink, photographs, etc.
It was not till the 18th century that art prints began to be considered originals and not till the 19th that artists began to produce limited editions and to sign their prints along with the technical information necessary to authenticate the work.
Printmaking, like everything else in the art world, exploded in the first half of the 20th century. First and foremost was Pablo Picasso, the Spanish lad from Málaga who made more than 1,000 prints including etchings, engravings, drypoints, woodcuts, lithographs and lino cuts. Picasso almost single handedly returned printmaking's center of gravity to France. Then came Braque, Matisse, Rouault, Chagal, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Jan Arp, Salvador Dalí and others. In Germany it was the time of the Expressionists,