How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet: A complete guide to manual and emchanical processes from woodcut to inkjet - Softcover

Gascoigne, Bamber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500284806 ISBN 13: 9780500284803

Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Is a particular print a woodcut, an etching, or a lithograph? Is it an original stipple engraving or a photogravure reproduction? Is the color printed or added by hand? Arranged in self-contained sections that can be consulted individually or as part of a larger research operation, this book helps identify accurately any printed image. Included are all the manual methods and also the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images around us. In all, some ninety different techniques are described, both monochrome and color. Essential aspects of printing history and the printmaking craft receive full coverage, and examples are given of the features that reveal the type of print, such as varieties of line and tone. Of particular interest are the many illustrations of enlarged details showing the different appearance of various techniques under strong magnification. The one great change during the past twenty years has been the high-quality inkjet and laser prints that are now part of everyday life. How can one tell whether an attractive image is valuable in its own right or merely an appealing reproduction? As cheap printing becomes more sophisticated, it inevitably becomes harder to identify correctly an image of this kind. Bamber Gascoigne's new observations in this area, added for this revised edition, will prove invaluable. 275 illustrations, 40 in color.

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Bamber Gascoigne is a British writer and television presenter, well known for being the original host on University Challenge.

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'This is such a fundamentally important book that no one interested in prints should be without it' Printmaking Today

Is it a woodcut, an etching, or a lithograph? Is it an original stipple engraving or a photogravure reproduction? Is the colour printed or added by hand? Arranged in self-contained sections that can be consulted individually or as part of a larger research operation, the book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image.Included are manual methods, and also the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images around us. In all some ninety different techniques are described, both monochrome and colour.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0500284806
• ISBN 13: 9780500284803
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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