Above: Albrecht Dürer. Melencolia I (1514) copper engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engraving is a form of relief printing and is not covered in this article.
Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in map making, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning the technique, is much less common in printmaking, where it has been largely replaced by etching and other techniques.
Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in map making, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning the technique, is much less common in printmaking, where it has been largely replaced by etching and other techniques.
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ARTISTS THAT USE ENGRAVING
Albrecht Dürer
Hendrick Goltzius Andrea Mantegna Master of the Playing Cards Ishrael van Meckenhem Claude Mellan Magdalena van de Passe Antonio Pollaiuolo Martin Schongauer Anna Maria van Schurman Josef Albers David Barthold Thomas Bewick James Burke Louise Bourgeois John Cage Stanley Hayter and early (1930s) *and the artists of Atelier 17 |
Ruben Castillo
Warrington Colescott Yves Doare David Driesbach James Ehlers Oscar Gillespie Ray Gloeckler Peter Grippe Joseph Hecht Marco Hernandez Armin Landeck Mauricio Lasansky Evan Lindquist Ashton Ludden Manuel Manilla Tom Marioni Julie Mehretu Leopoldo Méndez |
Philippe Mohlitz
Jan Hermensz Muller Virginia Myers Gabor Peterdi José Guadalupe Posada Andrew Raftery Krishna Reddy Walter Rogalski Andrew Rush James Siena David Schorr Krzysztof Skorcrwski Pat Steir Lynd Ward Willow Winston Amy Worthen Gerry Wubbin Koichi Yamamoto |
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