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  2. Printmaking - Wikipedia

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    Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix to a sheet of paper or other material, by a variety of techniques. Common types of matrices include: metal plates for engraving, etching and related intaglio printing techniques; stone, aluminum, or polymer for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts and wood engravings; and linoleum for ...

  3. Woodblock printing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art. Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e [1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Invented in China during the Tang dynasty, woodblock printing was widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603 ...

  4. Offset printing - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat (planographic) image carrier.

  5. List of ukiyo-e terms - Wikipedia

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    List of ukiyo-e terms. This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e (浮世絵) -style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below. Aizuri-e (藍摺絵); "blue picture". Aka-e (赤絵); "red picture". Aratame (改); "examined" character found in many censor seals.

  6. Intaglio (printmaking) - Wikipedia

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    Intaglio (/ ɪnˈtæli.oʊ, - ˈtɑːli -/ in-TAL-ee-oh, -⁠TAH-lee-; [1] Italian: [inˈtaʎʎo]) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. [2] It is the direct opposite of a relief print where the parts of the matrix that make the image ...

  7. Lithography - Wikipedia

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    e. Lithography (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and γράφω (gráphō) 'to write') [1] is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. [2] The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German author and ...

  8. Canvas - Wikipedia

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    Canvas. Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.

  9. Found object - Wikipedia

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    A found object (a calque from the French objet trouvé), or found art, [1][2][3] is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function. [4] Pablo Picasso first publicly utilized the idea when he pasted a printed ...

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