ARTHIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Printing Press, Printmaking, Puabi
3 Jun 2013
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The flood tablet, part of the epic of gilgamesh, 7th century bce. Early form of printmaking: seals (put on doorways to see if anyone has come into the room when you"re away) Cylinder seal and its modern impression, tomb of queen puabi, c. 2600=2500. China started printmaking and text before europe. Wong jiw, hand scroll with wooden print 868 bce. The buxheim st. christopher, mid-15th century, hand-colored woodcut. Three kinds of print making: relief: carved out in wood. Negative space is cut away, leaving the image in relief. Drypoint: (just like engraving, but with a little twist) Cut lines into metal plate using burin. Don"t burnish the surface; leave the burr of metal to collect more ink. (burr is fragile and will wear off after several prints are made) Fox 3 lecture 8: then the surface is wiped with an oil-based ink. Tusche: a greasy liquid ink tused to create washes used in combination with grease pencil.
