PRINTS AND PRINTMAKING /ANGLAIS - Softcover

GRIFFITHS ANTHONY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071412608X ISBN 13: 9780714126081

Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM, 2005

Synopsis

This revised work provides a basic introduction to prints and printmaking. It provides explanations of different techniques of printmaking and illustrates both details and whole prints to show the effects that can be achieved. Woodcut, engraving and mezzotint are among the different processes explained and placed within an historical context.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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.

About the Author:

Antony Griffiths is Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. He is the co-author of Avant-Garde British Printmaking, 1914-1960 and German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe. He is the editor of Landmarks in Print Collecting: Connoisseurs and Donors at the British Museum since 1753.

About this edition

• Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 071412608X
• ISBN 13: 9780714126081
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 152