Discuss the characteristics and different forms of charcoal. Considering Yvonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I, explain how the medium of charcoal is employed in her drawing
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Charcoal is charred wood and can be used in a natural or manufactured form. Charcoal has been used since ancient times and so conveys a primal energy. Jacquette, in her work, features the many tonal variations of charcoal to create a variety of shaded effects.
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a) Postmodernism b) Post-Expressionism c) Abstract Expressionism d) Color Field Painting
Woodcut and wood engraving are examples of which of the following?
a. The planographic process b. Lithography c. Intaglio d. Relief printing
Describe the tomb interior at Newgrange, Ireland, in light of at least three architectural innovations
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When were acrylic paints developed?
a) late eighteenth century b) mid-nineteenth century c) early twentieth century d) mid-twentieth century