Author Question: Using examples from the chapter, describe how Japanese prints influenced European artists during the ... (Read 199 times)

bucstennis@aim.com · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Using examples from the chapter, describe how Japanese prints influenced European artists during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe how an artist creates the burr of a drypoint.

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katara · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionistsespecially Manet, Degas, and van Goghwere influenced by the prints' use of flat areas of color and subjects drawn from everyday life, including prostitutes.
2. Artists, including van Gogh and Degas, were influenced by the prints' composition and novel use of pictorial space.
3. Mary Cassatt was influenced by Japanese prints that featured the intimate world of women and children, which inspired her own prints of women caring for children.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The artist draws the image by pulling a metal-pointed needle directly on the plate to create a burr.