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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, | + | Other printmaking techniques are [[lithography]], [[etching]], [[drypoint]], [[aquatint]], [[mezzotint]] and collographs. |
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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*[[Painting]] | *[[Painting]] | ||
*[[Art]] | *[[Art]] | ||
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[[Category:Painting]][[Category:Art]] | [[Category:Painting]][[Category:Art]] | ||
[[Category:Dictionary]] | [[Category:Dictionary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:08, October 28, 2016
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.