Of all the primary printmaking methods, which one allows the artist the greatest spontaneity and freedom?

Lithography

Explanation:

     Lithography (from the Greek lithos, e-graféin spelling, writing) is a type of engraving that involves creating marks (or drawings) on a matrix (limestone or metal plate) with a greasy pencil. The basis of this technique is the principle of repulsion between water and oil. Unlike other engraving techniques, lithography is planographic, that is, drawing is done by accumulating fat on the surface of the matrix, rather than through cracks and grooves in the matrix, such as woodcut and metal engraving. His first name was "polyautography", meaning the production of multiple copies of original manuscripts and drawings.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.