When was The Nuremberg Chronicle printed and what is its subject matter?
a) in the fifteenth century and it is a history of the world to that point
b) in the first century and it is a record of a series of historical battles
c) in the eighteenth century and it is a travelogue
d) in the fifth century and it is an imaginative story of the beginning of civilization
Question 2
What printmaking technique was used in The Nuremberg Chronicle, and why was this technique successful for this image?
a) woodcut, because it enabled the artist to define details clearly
b) intaglio, because it enabled the artist to create atmospheric effects
c) silkscreen, because it enabled the artist the create bold, bright colors
d) monotype, because the artist wanted an image that looked like painting
Decomposers (detritivores) feeding on dead plant and animal matter.
A Circumstellar Disk of Matter
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
Maxine Williams was the founder and first president of the AAMA. Printed with permission of American
Gray Matter Development over the Surface of the Cortex
Interactions of Light and Matter