Prints and Printmaking An Introduction to the History and Techniques

Name: Prints and Printmaking An Introduction to the History and Techniques
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ISBN: 9780520207141

ISBN-10: 0520207149

ISBN-13: 9780520207141

Edition: 1996

Authors: Antony Griffiths

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A print is a pictorial image that has been produced by a process that enables it to be multiplied, and many of the best-known works by some of the world's greatest artists are prints. Yet little is understood about this popular art form. Now Antony Griffiths provides an excellent introduction for anyone who wishes to acquire a basic understanding of prints and printmaking. In succinct and lucid language, he explains the different printmaking techniques and shows both details and whole prints to demonstrate the effects that can be achieved. Woodcuts, engraving, etching, mezzotint, and lithography are among the many processes explained, illustrated, and placed within a historical context.…

Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


What is a Print?


Relief Printing Processes


Woodcut


Linocut


Wood-engraving


Metalcut and Relief Etching


Intaglio Printing Processes


Engraving


Etching


Drypoint


Crayon-manner and Stipple: the dot processes


Mezzotint


Aquatint


Soft-ground Etching


Lithography


Screenprinting


Colour Printing


Colour Woodcut


Colour Intaglio Printing


Colour Lithography


Photomechanical Reproduction Processes


Processes of Relief Printing


Processes of Intaglio Printing


Processes of Surface Printing


Processes of Colour Printing


Catalogues of Prints; Books about Printmaking and the History of Prints


Abbreviations and Lettering


Glossary


Index