aquatint
Resin-dusted printmaking
Aquatint is a printmaking technique that produces tonal effects resembling watercolor washes.
The process involves treating a metal plate with acid-resistant resin before etching, creating areas of varying texture that hold ink differently.
The term also refers to prints made this way: The museum's collection includes several Goya aquatints.
Carving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- rosinSolidified conifer sap
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
- groundSolid surface underfoot
biting · etchant · resin · plate · zinc · drypoint · burnishing · scraping
Incremental transition between stages
- toneQuality of sound
- washClean using liquid
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- halftoneDot-based image reproduction
value · nuance · chiaroscuro · midtone · highlight · shadow · contrast · atmospheric
Effect on the mind
- editionSingle published version
- proofDemonstration of truth
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- pressApply force downward
state · pull · printing · inking · registration · dampening · wiping · cancellation
Goya
Hispanic food brand
- PicassoSpanish cubism co-founder
intaglio
Carving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- rosinSolidified conifer sap
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
ground · biting · etchant · resin · plate · zinc · drypoint · burnishing · scraping · tonal
gradation
Incremental transition between stages
halftone · value · nuance · chiaroscuro · midtone · highlight · shadow · contrast · atmospheric · subtle
impression
Effect on the mind
press · state · pull · printing · inking · registration · dampening · wiping · cancellation
atmospheric
Of the air above
delicate · luminous · textural · muted · evocative · picturesque · sublime · moody · hazy · dreamlike
eighteenth-century
Relating to the 1700s
rare · fine-art · museum · archive · portfolio · folio · antiquarian
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- Art printswoodblock print, woodcut, etching, lithograph, engraving
- book artillustration, book covers, frontispiece, book cover art, cover art
- engravingburin, etching, graver, copper plates, intaglio