Etching
エッチング／腐食銅版画 / 16th century– / Technique / Intaglio Printing
Draws through an acid-resistant ground with a needle, letting acid bite the exposed metal — thin, fluid, almost handwritten lines in the plate.
Thin flowing lines / Depth by biting / Cross-hatching / Plate marks
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Not a uniform pen-line filter. Watch biting time, layered lines, wiping and the press's pressure.
- Further study
- ground / etching needle / acid bite / Rembrandt