Graphic arts and printing

Drawing and the printed sheet: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing and other ways to pull an impression.

Terms in total: 17

Painting 53 What a picture is made of: paints and grounds, ways of laying a stroke, and work with light, colour and layers.Styles and movements 50 The great manners and epochs — from gothic and baroque to cubism and minimalism — and how to recognise them in an object.Genres 22 What a work is about: portrait, landscape, still life, battle scene and other established kinds of subject.Porcelain and ceramics 43 What porcelain, faience and ceramics are made of and decorated with: bodies, glazes, painting and factory marks.Silver and metal 26 Working in metal: chasing, niello, filigree, gilding, enamels and the hallmarks used to read a piece.Sculpture and relief 17 Volume in art: reliefs, cabinet pieces, casting, carving and the poses a figure is built on.Graphic arts and printing 17 Drawing and the printed sheet: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing and other ways to pull an impression.Decorative and applied arts 37 The beauty of objects: glass and stained glass, mosaic, textile, wood, ornament, lacquer and gilding.Market and collecting 17 How art is sold and collected: the auction, the estimate, the provenance, repetitions and exhibitions.Other 2 Terms that do not reduce to a single technique: perception, light, and the artist working on the viewer’s senses.

Акватинта Техника гравюры, дающая тон с плавными переходами Engraving Engraving is a technique of printmaking in which an image is created by cutting or etching (engraving) onto th Graphics Graphics is a broad category of artistic creativity encompassing various techniques and materials. It includes Calligraphy Calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing, which has become an important form of self-expression in most cul Woodcut A printing technique in which an impression is made from a wooden block Контрэстамп Оттиск, снятый с ещё не высохшего свежего эстампа, дает зеркальное повторение сюжета Linocut Linocut is a printing process based on carving an image from a soft material called linoleum. This technique a Marbling Marbling is an ancient technique in which paints are applied to the surface of water or a viscous liquid, and Monotype An original technique for creating a single print of ink on paper Меццо-тинто Тоновая гравюра с бархатистыми переходами Etching A printmaking technique using acid to bite into a metal plate Frottage A graphic technique for obtaining an imprint of textured surfaces Burin Burin is the main tool of an engraver, with which the master cuts lines on metal, creating elegant images and Line Engraving A traditional method of creating images with lines on metal or wood Serigraphy Serigraphy is a printing method that uses a stencil to transfer ink through a mesh onto a surface. This techni Estampage A technique for obtaining impressions in decorative and applied arts Éstamp A graphic work produced by printing from a plate