Examples of printmaking in the following topics:
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- Paper manufacturing became popular in Europe around 1400, and with it the medium of printmaking.
- The main printmaking techniques were woodcuts, engravings and etchings.
- Another notable German printmaker is known as the "Housebook Master. " His prints were made in drypoint: he scratched his lines on the plate leaving them much more shallow than they would be with an engraving.
- Albrecht Durer, a painter, printmaker, engraver and mathematician, was perhaps one of the most well-known of the Northern artists.
- Identify the main printmaking techniques and their most important exponents in Northern Europe in the late medieval period
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- Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface to produce a single, one-of-a-kind print.
- Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.
- This type of printmaking produces a unique print, or monotype, because most of the ink is removed during the initial pressing.
- Monotypes are considered one of the most painterly of the printmaking methods as no two prints are alike.
- Lithography is a form of monotype printmaking that was developed in Germany in the late 18th century .
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- Aquatint is a tonal method of intaglio printmaking using acid to bite away at the metal plate in timed intervals.
- Aquatint, a variant of etching, is a member of the intaglio category of printmaking.
- Intaglio printmaking is a family of printing techniques in which an image is incised into the surface of a metal plate; the incised line holds the ink, while the original surface of the plate is wiped clean.
- The method was developed by painter and printmaker Jan van de Velde in Amsterdam, around 1650, and introduced to England in the 1770s.
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- Mezzotint, a tonal method of intaglio printmaking, involves roughening areas of a metal plate that will hold ink to create shading.
- Mezzotint is a particular type of intaglio printmaking, a category of printmaking in which an image is etched into the surface of a metal plate, and the incised line holds the ink that transfers to the paper, while the rest of the plate is wiped clean.
- This method of printmaking is the exact opposite of a relief print.
- The mezzotint printmaking method was invented by the German amateur artist Ludwig von Siegen (1609 – c. 1680).
- Summarize the process of intaglio printmaking in general, and the process and history of mezzotint printmaking in particular.
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- Engraving as a printmaking method involves cutting into a metal plate with a tool called a burin, producing grooves that will hold the ink.
- The burin is pushed through the metal, which distinguishes it from other printmaking tools such as etching needles, or acid used in other methods.
- Copying of prints was already a large and accepted part of the printmaking culture but no prints were copied as frequently as Dürer's .
- Engraving is still practiced today, but rather than being used for artistic printmaking, it is more commonly used for customizing jewelry and silverware.
- Discuss the history and technique of intaglio printmaking in general, and the engraving method in particular.
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- Etching is an intaglio printmaking technique that uses a waxy ground on a metal plate, an etching needle, acid, and ink to create a printed image.
- Etching is a type of intaglio printmaking technique that uses strong acid or mordant to cut into unprotected parts of a metal surface.
- Spit-biting is a process whereby the printmaker will apply acid to a plate with a brush in certain areas of the plate.
- As a printmaking technique, the process is believed to have been invented by Daniel Hopfer (circa 1470–1536) of Augsburg, Germany.
- Hopfer was a craftsman who decorated armour in this way, and applied the method to printmaking, using iron plates.
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- Printmaking by woodcut and engraving was already more developed in Germany and the Low Countries than anywhere else during the Renaissance.
- Printmaking by woodcut and engraving was already more developed in Germany and the Low Countries than anywhere else during the Renaissance.
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- Silkscreen printing is a stencil-based method of printmaking that involves passing ink through a finely woven mesh onto a given surface.
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- Modern sculpture arose symbiotically with similar artistic trends in painting, drawing and printmaking in Europe during the 1800s.
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- Drypoint is a printmaking technique in the intaglio family, a category in which an image is etched into a plate, and the incised line holds the ink that will be transferred to the final print.
- Some printmakers will use their hands in this step, because the burrs forming the image are more fragile than etched or engraved lines.