Intaglio Printing

凹版印刷

Dictionary entry

  1. Intaglio 15th century– / Technique

    Holds ink in lines and hollows below the plate's surface, pressing damp paper in under great pressure — precise lines and the plate mark's trace.

  2. Mezzotint 1640s– / Technique

    Roughens the whole plate to print deep black, then burnishes the lights back — the image rises from velvet darkness, not from lines.

  3. Etching 16th century– / Technique

    Draws through an acid-resistant ground with a needle, letting acid bite the exposed metal — thin, fluid, almost handwritten lines in the plate.

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