This revised work provides a basic introduction to prints and printmaking. It provides explanations of different techniques of printmaking and illustrates both details and whole prints to show the effects that can be achieved. Woodcut, engraving and mezzotint are among the different processes explained and placed within an historical context.
This revised work provides a basic introduction to prints and printmaking. It provides explanations of different techniques of printmaking and illustr...
Winner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award.
A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from the British Museum's renowned collection--which traces the history of printmaking from its earliest days until the arrival of photography. Copperplate printmaking, developed alongside Gutenberg's invention of moveable type, was a huge business employing thousands of people, and dominating image production for nearly four centuries across the whole of Europe. Its techniques and influence remained very stable until the nineteenth century, when this world...
Winner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award.
A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from the British ...
