How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet

Author:   Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition:   Second edition
ISBN:  

9780500284803


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   26 April 2004
Format:   Paperback
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How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet


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Is it a woodcut, an etching, or a lithograph? Is it an original stipple engraving or a photogravure reproduction? Is the colour printed or added by hand? Arranged in self-contained sections that can be consulted individually or as part of a larger research operation, the book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image.Included are manual methods, and also the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images around us. In all some ninety different techniques are described, both monochrome and colour. Essential aspects of printing history and the printmaking craft receive full coverage, and examples are given of the identifying features that help to reveal the type of print, such as varities of line and tone. Of particular interest are the many illustrations of enlarged details showing the different appearance of various techniques under strong magnification. The one great change during the last twenty years has been the high-quality inkjet and laser prints that are now part of everyday life. How can one tell whether an attractive image is valuable in its own right or merely a reproduction? As cheap printing processes become more sophisticated, it inevitably becomes harder to identify correctly an image of this kind. Bamber Gascoigne's new observations in this area, added for this revised edition, will prove invaluable.

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Author:   Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition:   Second edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780500284803


ISBN 10:   0500284806
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   26 April 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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An exceptional introduction to the field of printmaking as a whole. A must for any art collection.


'An exceptional introduction to the field of printmaking as a whole. A must for any art collection' - Choice 'Exquisitely presented and profusely illustrated, this book carries the reader to an ability to identify techniques used in graphic images from the invention of the printing press to high technology' - Library Journal


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Bamber Gascoigne is a British writer and television presenter, well known for being the original host on University Challenge.

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