Engraving and Etching 1400-2000: A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes

摘要

Histories of prints often begin with an outline of printmaking processes. In the case of Arthur M. Hind's standard A History of Engraving and Etching from the 15th Century to the Year 1974 (3rd edition, 1923), the technical information is given 'in just sufficient detail to enable the student of the history of engraving to obtain a proper comprehension of cause and effect'. With the same intent, we have a number of excellent brief guides to printmaking processes. Now for the first time Ad Stijnman has given us a major study in which the focus is the making of prints.