Mezzotint

メゾチント / 1640s– / Technique / Intaglio Printing

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

Velvet blacks / From dark to light / Soft gradation / Burnished light

Mezzotint — ジョン・マーティンのメゾチントMezzotint — S・W・レノルズのメゾチントMezzotint — ジョシュア・レノルズ肖像のメゾチント
ジョン・マーティンのメゾチント ／ S・W・レノルズのメゾチント ／ ジョシュア・レノルズ肖像のメゾチント

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 dark gradient effect. Reflect the inverted process — carving light out of a roughened plate — in the tonal design.
Further study
rocker / burnisher / tonal printmaking / dark manner

Related entries

Source: MoMA — Mezzotint

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