ART_GNRL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Francisco Goya, Drypoint, Aquatint
Document Summary
Printmaking: relief prints: made by carving away from a block of a suitably workable material to create a raised image, 2 types: woodblock (wood) and linocut (linoleum, four horsemen of the apocalypse by albert durer. Derived from the italian word that means cut into a surface. Engraving: the artist gouges/scratches the image into the surface of the printing plate. Etching: uses acid to bite the engraved design into the printing surface. giant by francisco goya: artist uses an aquatint printmaking technique in this work that gives a softness to the finished product. Drypoint: artist used drypoint technique and leaves irregularities in the finished image, serigraphy: printing that is achieved by creating a solid stencil in a porous screen and forcing ink thru the screen and onto the printing surface.
