ARTH 12001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lithographic Limestone, Screen Printing, Lithography

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 12001
• Professor: Danielle Marie Deibel

Document Summary

Advertise cafes, bars and nightclubs in paris during the late 1800s. A lithograph is made by drawing on a limestone slab with a greasy crayon or ink. Water is spread over the stone and adheres only where there is no greasy substance. A large brayer is then used to roll greasy ink onto the surface; the ink sticks only where there is no water it sticks to where the image was drawn. A sheet of paper is then put over the slab and run through a lithograph press to create a permanent printed image. A printmaker inks a lithograph stone before printing an image. Serigraph, or silkscreen printing, was developed in the united states in modern times. A screen of silk is stretched onto a wooden frame, to which a stencil is then attached. Ink is forced through the stencil with a rubber squeegee.