TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths,Antony TI - Prints and printmaking: an introduction to the history and techniques SN - 0520207149 AV - NE400 .G74 1996 PY - 1996///] CY - Berkeley, Los Angeles PB - University of California Press KW - Prints KW - Technique N1 - "Published by arrangement with British Museum Press"--Title page verso; "Second edition"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is a print?; -- Relief printing processes; -- Woodcut; -- Linocut; -- Wood-engraving; -- Metalcut and relief etching; -- Intaglio printing processes; -- Engraving; -- Etching; -- Drypoint; -- Crayon-manner and stipple: the dot processes; -- Mezzotint; -- Aquatint; -- Soft ground etching; -- Lithography; -- Screenprinting; -- Colour printing; -- Colour woodcut; -- Colour intaglio printing; -- Colour lithography; -- Photomechanical reproduction processes; -- Processes of relief printing; -- Processes of intaglio printing; -- Processes of surface printing; -- Processes of colour printing N2 - Antony Griffiths here provides an excellent introduction to a large and complicated subject for those who wish to acquire a basic understanding of print and printmaking. He explains as simply and briefly as possible the different techniques of printmaking and illustrates both details and whole prints to show the effects that can be achieved ER -