GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Engravings are produced by carving a plate with a burin, a metal tool with a sharp point.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
NOTES
Ken Kelsey, The Art of the Classical World at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.
This is a process of cutting a design or pattern into a hard material such as a gemstone or a metal plate. Another name for engraving is intaglio, an Italian word.
Consider adding the following-
The process of engraving requires a great deal of artistic virtuosity and expertise. Engravings are created by carving lines into a metal plate with the use of a burin, a metal tool. To print, the plate is coated with ink, the surface is wiped with a cloth to remove excess ink, and only the ink that remains in the incised design is transferred to paper when run through a press. The medium allows for the representation of rich details and subtle tonalities. Because of this refinement, engravings were typically intended for wealthy art connoisseurs.
From DMA wall text, "The Engraved Passion," for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
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Need to look for better illustration of non-mechanized engraving technique.
This photograph shows a mechanized example of engraving, controlled by a computer rather than manually.
Source: GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 or Later, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 9, 2016.
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Update- EAS removed this image asset because it was not directly related to the process described by this CC. I have removed the UMO tag, %ImageJP, and %UMO pending tags.(3/20/2017)
WEB RESOURCES
- The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650~This exhibition website offers close-up views of several works and allows visitors to analyze each artist's technique. In addition, there is a video demonstration of the engraving process by Andrew Rafferty, Associate Professor of Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design.
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
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General Description
Engravings are produced by carving a plate with a burin, a metal tool with a sharp point.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650~This exhibition website offers close-up views of several works and allows visitors to analyze each artist's technique. In addition, there is a video demonstration of the engraving process by Andrew Rafferty, Associate Professor of Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design.
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Ken Kelsey, The Art of the Classical World at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.
This is a process of cutting a design or pattern into a hard material such as a gemstone or a metal plate. Another name for engraving is intaglio, an Italian word.
Consider adding the following-
The process of engraving requires a great deal of artistic virtuosity and expertise. Engravings are created by carving lines into a metal plate with the use of a burin, a metal tool. To print, the plate is coated with ink, the surface is wiped with a cloth to remove excess ink, and only the ink that remains in the incised design is transferred to paper when run through a press. The medium allows for the representation of rich details and subtle tonalities. Because of this refinement, engravings were typically intended for wealthy art connoisseurs.
From DMA wall text, "The Engraved Passion," for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
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