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| The Sprees of Tom and Jerry, London, 1822 |
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Peter Bruegel, Marriage of Nopsus and Nisa, drawing in pen and ink on applewood block, partially cut 1566
- demonstrates drawing process onto block |
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| Jost Amman, Formschneider, woodcut in book of trades 1568 |
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Durer, Four Horsemen, Apocalypse, 1498, woodcut
Tonal depth created with density of lines |
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| Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 1543, woodcut |
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Kathe Kollwitz, The People, 1922, woodcut
- very black - has left a lot of wood in place |
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Claude Mellan, Veronica, 1649, engraving
- has engraved the weft of the veil, which continues into the face of Christ to create tone |
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Anna Lister, Lightfoot, 1685
shows the copperplate, the engraving, the prep-drawing and the specimen
- the prep drawing precipitates the style of the engraving - linear |
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Annibale Carracci, St Jerome, 1591, etching
- lines are soft and fluid
- cross hatching in wax |
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Goltzius, Farnese Hercules, 1592, engraving
- virtuosic cross-hatching in metal |
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James Whistler, The Beggars, state 12/17, 1880, etching and drypoint
- lines are soft and wispy, various directions |
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Edward Burne-Jones, Sigurd the Crusader, engraved by Dalziel Brother, 1868, wood engraving
- this process = very popular with pre-raphaelites
- incisions in wood hold the ink |
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M. C. Escher, Dewdrop, 1948, mezzotint
- in a mezzotint, one starts with roughened plate
- smoothing areas will create light |
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Francisco Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, aquatint and etching, 1799
- aquatint not known until mid 18thc
- spread copper plate with resin + heat plate to bind resin to it
- plate is immersed in acid bath, creating textured surface
- varnish areas you want to appear light
- plate is inked and printed |
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| Mary Cassatt, Maternal Caress, 1891, drypoint, aquatint, softground etching, printed in colour from 3 plates, state 6/6 |
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| Thomas Geminus, Compendiosa, 1545, engraving |
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