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Item Number: 116847
Title: Engraving and Etching 1400-2000. A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes
Author: Stijnman, Ad
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781904982715
Description: London: Archetype, in association with Hes & De Graaf, 2012 30cm., hardcover, 658pp., 302 illus., most in color. Summary: This book covers the history of the material-technical aspects of engraving, etching and intaglio plate printing through history. The historical developments of engraving and etching processes are discussed from their beginnings in the early fifteenth century with the first developments of intaglio printmaking techniques, and it sketches the latter's dissemination through the ages. Intaglio printmaking is discussed in terms of the economic as well as workshop conditions, education and the supply of materials. Complete and detailed overviews of the making of the printing plate and printing are covered. Contents: Chapter 1: Antecedents, Early Developments and Dissemination ; Chapter 2: The Trade of Intaglio Printmaking ; Chapter 3: Producing the Matrix ; Chapter 4: Printing the Matrix ; Epilogue ; Summary ; Literature ; General Index ; Appendices: General Chronology of Intaglio Printmaking Processes ; Early Engravers up to 1500 ; Abbreviations in Addresses in Prints ; Bibliography.
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