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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. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Media (or mediums) are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly enjoy the medium of painting or sculpting, but they may prefer a more specific medium within those, such as watercolor paints or marble, respectively.

  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. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, woodcut is the oldest technique used for old master prints, developing about 1400, by using on paper existing techniques for printing on cloth. The explosion of sales of cheap woodcuts in the middle of the century led to a fall in standards, and many popular prints were very crude.

  7. Environmental art - Wikipedia

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    Environmental art is a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works. [1][2] Environmental art has evolved away from formal concerns, for example monumental earthworks using earth as a sculptural material, towards a deeper relationship to ...

  8. Water transfer printing - Wikipedia

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    A hydro dipped automotive wheel rim. Water transfer printing, also known as immersion printing, water transfer imaging, hydro dipping, watermarbling, cubic printing, Hydrographics, or HydroGraphics, is a method of applying printed designs to three-dimensional surfaces. The resulting combinations may be considered decorative art or applied art.

  9. European printmaking in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly used graphic methods were woodcut, lithography, etching and silkscreen printing, and new techniques such as color aquatint were developed. [2] The offset printing also emerged, which revolutionized graphic art. Offset is a process similar to lithography, consisting of applying an ink on a metal plate, usually aluminum.

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