TAMALE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF CREATIVE ART AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN INNOVATION
END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
CLASS HND GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION DESIGN I
COURSE CODE & TITLE IAG 152 – Design History I
DATE 08/05/23, Morning DURATIO 2hrs
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LECTURER Al-hassan Bawa
GENERAL This paper is made up of two sections. Attempt ALL Questions
INSTRUCTIONS in section A and TWO (2) questions in Section B.

SECTION A
[30 MARKS]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. ……………. involves the creation of 4. The difference between a poster and
visual content to convey information a flyer is that the former is
and ideas to a specific audience. often………..
A. Painting A. given out to people
B. Ceramics B. not posted
C. Graphic Design C. posted
D. Textiles D. small in size
2. Which of the following is not a print 5. Cave paintings, hieroglyphics, and
medium of Graphic Design? petroglyphs were used to convey
A. Web-design information during …………..
B. Poster A. the industrial revolution
C. Brochures, B. post-industrial revolution
D. Packaging C. the stone age
3. All the following are examples of D. medieval era
out-door graphic design 6. ………………can be traced back to
except……… ancient civilizations.
A. billboard A. The Bauhaus movement
B. signpost B. The history of graphic design
C. brochure C. Arts and craft movement
D. banner D. Art Deco

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 D. China
7. Writing had its earliest origins in
simple…………..
A. alphabets
B. pictures
C. letters 14. Gold leaf refers to …………
D. text A. a yellow leaf of the papyrus plant
8. One characteristic of cave paintings B. the papyrus reed
is that the images were……… C. a hammered gold resembling a
A. Randomly placed paper
B. Well organised D. a paper containing solid piece of
C. Properly drawn to scale gold
D. Structured in sequence 15. The skins specifically made from
9. The first people to have used tablets calf were called………
and stylus for pictographic drawings A. Parchment
were ………… B. Veau
A. Egyptians C. Vellum
B. Chinese D. Incunabula
C. Sumerians 16. During the early Christian era,
D. Romans nearly all books were created
10. …………. may be the oldest extant in………
artifact combining words and A. Museum of Rome
pictures on the same surface. B. Temple of Rome
A. Incunabula C. scriptorium
B. Lapiz lazuli D. Sanctuary
C. Code of Hammurabi 17. With the illuminated manuscripts, a
D. Blau monument vibrant, deep blue was made
11. The Egyptian hieroglyphs were from……….., a precious mineral
based on………. principle. mined only in Afghanistan.
A. rebus A. incunabula
B. cuneiform B. scriptorium
C. art C. lapis lazuli
D. design D. iron gall
12. The earliest people to have 18. Illuminated manuscripts were
developed and used the papyrus were created using a variety of techniques,
…….. including…….
A. Sumerians A. calligraphy, painting and gilding
B. Egyptians B. scripting, glazing and burnishing
C. Romans C. coating, priming and
D. Chinese photography
13. There is no denying the fact that D. polishing, stencilling and relief
printing began in …………. printing
A. Egypt 19. The very first form of printing was
B. Italy ………..
C. Britain A. lithography
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 B. screen printing 24. ……… simplified visual
C. relief printing compositions to the vertical and
D. calligraphy horizontal directions, and used only
the primary colours along with black
and white.
A. De Stijl
B. Art Nouveau
C. Bauhaus
D. Modernism
20. ……………..is a term that refers to
books that were printed using 25. Marcel Breuer’s chair is one of the
movable type in Europe during the products of ………………..
15th century. A. Arts and Craft Movement
A. Lapis lazuli B. Modernism
B. Blau monument C. Bauhaus
C. Incunabula D. Swiss Style
D. Code of Hammurabi 26. The use of expensive materials in
21. A Japanese method of dyeing Art Deco made their works
fabrics using a resist paste applied accessible only to the wealthy.
through a stencil is known as A. True
………… B. False
A. Mylar 27. William Morris was a leading figure
B. Intagliare in the Arts and Craft Movement.
C. Mezzotint A. True
D. Katazome B. False
22. Calligraphy is derived from the 28. One characteristic of the Swiss Style
Greek words kallos and graphein is its use of serif typefaces.
where kallos means ……….. A. True
A. To write B. False
B. Beauty 29. Most of the design movements got
C. Colours inspiration from nature – fauna and
D. Callous flora.
23. International Typographic Style is A. True
the other name for …………….. B. False
A. Art Nouveau 30. In Art Deco, a designer uses a lot of
B. Bauhaus Movement bold colours in their work.
C. Swiss Style A. True
D. De Stijl B. False

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 SECTION B
[30 MARKS]

Answer only two questions in this section.

1. a. In your own words, explain illuminated manuscripts to a layman.

b. Explain how the designers got their colours and substrates for illuminated manuscripts

2. Compare and contrast Art Nouveau and Art Deco as design movements or styles.

3. a. Distinguish between relief printing and intaglio printing

b. Give two types of materials for making a motif for relief printing
c. State three methods of intaglio printing

4. Examine the similarities and differences between the Bauhaus Movement and the Swiss
Style

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