Intaglio
凹版印刷 / 15th century– / Technique / Intaglio Printing
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.
Sunken lines / Plate marks / Damp paper / High-pressure press
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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 generic fine-line decoration. Distinguish the line and tone of engraving, biting, burr and roughened ground.
- Further study
- engraving / drypoint / aquatint / plate tone