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drypoint, an intaglio intaglio (ĭntăl`yō, –täl`–) ..... Click the link for more information. printing process in which the lines are scratched directly into a metal plate with a needle; also, the print made from such a plate. Although it is often used in combination with etching etching, the art of engraving with acid on metal; also the print taken from the metal plate so engraved. In hard-ground etching the plate, usually of copper or zinc, is given a thin coating or ground of acid-resistant resin. ..... Click the link for more information. , no acid is used for the drypoint. It differs from engraving engraving, in its broadest sense, the art of cutting lines in metal, wood, or other material either for decoration or for reproduction through printing . In its narrowest sense, it is an intaglio printing process in which the lines are cut in a metal plate with a ..... Click the link for more information. in the type of tool employed and the consequent shallowness of the line. In drypoint the burr raised by the needle is usually left on the plate, producing a rich, velvety effect. It is characteristically a sketchy medium suitable for improvisation, but it can also be used to render fine detail. Unless the plate is steel faced, the burr deteriorates rapidly, allowing relatively few good prints to be pulled. Dürer, Rembrandt, Whistler, and Picasso are considered the greatest masters of the technique. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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13) and Albrecht Durer's 1513 drypoint titled Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels, Richards painted the watercolor The True image (Veronica): Vera Iconica in 1994 (Fig. Included are examples of etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and woodcuts. Here was a world of proliferating iconography, derived from drawing, photography, and "nature-printing," in which photogravure, lithography and photolithography, woodcut, etching, aquatint and drypoint, silk screen, collage, monotype, and rubber stamping commingled. |
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