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'''Printmaker''' is who makes artworks by printing, normally on [[paper]], producing multiples copies of the same piece. Woodcut is the earliest printmaking technique. Engravers, as [[Albrecht Dürer]], cut the artworks into the surface of a metal plate. Engraving was developed in [[Germany]] in the XV century. | '''Printmaker''' is who makes artworks by printing, normally on [[paper]], producing multiples copies of the same piece. Woodcut is the earliest printmaking technique. Engravers, as [[Albrecht Dürer]], cut the artworks into the surface of a metal plate. Engraving was developed in [[Germany]] in the XV century. | ||
| − | Other printmaking techniques are lithography, etching, drypoint, aquatint, [[mezzotint]] and collographs. | + | Other printmaking techniques are [[lithography]], [[etching]], [[drypoint]], [[aquatint]], [[mezzotint]] and collographs. |
[[Image:Dürer Knight, Death, and the Devil.jpg]] Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer. | [[Image:Dürer Knight, Death, and the Devil.jpg]] Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer. | ||
Revision as of 16:13, October 7, 2015
Printmaker is who makes artworks by printing, normally on paper, producing multiples copies of the same piece. Woodcut is the earliest printmaking technique. Engravers, as Albrecht Dürer, cut the artworks into the surface of a metal plate. Engraving was developed in Germany in the XV century.
Other printmaking techniques are lithography, etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint and collographs.
Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer.
