Prints: Art and Techniques - Hardcover

Lambert, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810965771 ISBN 13: 9780810965775

Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2001

Synopsis

Noteworthy for its exceptionally clear, concise explanations of a complex subject, this guide to the full range of printmaking techniques describes how art prints are made and offers a brief history of the various processes, which fall into four categories: relief, intaglio, planographic, and stencil. The text also looks at papermaking, for its effect on the character of an impression, and explains how manual methods have evolved into more modern photomechanical techniques. Illustrated with examples from the superb collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and including a glossary of printmaking technology and abbreviations commonly found in inscriptions, this up-to-date guide will be of special interest to students and collectors.

About this title

About the Author:

SUSAN LAMBERT is chief curator of the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She was responsible for the redisplay of the 20th-century galleries at the museum.

From Library Journal:

Printmaking spans everything from hand prints on ancient cave walls to Rembrandt's copper etchings of the Virgin and Child and Warhol's soup cans to the potato prints made by today's second grader at the kitchen table. Byrne, a print publisher and curator, here focuses on strictly contemporary uses of etching, aquatint, lithography, and screen printing. He covers both basic techniques and the joint experimentation of artist and master printer, surveying the American print scene with examples from ten of the top North American print houses. Recommended for collections serving advanced students and professionals. Chief curator of the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Lambert here offers a very fine, short volume that concentrates on traditional printmaking methods, including relief, intaglio, planographic, and stencil. She uses examples from William Hogarth to Victor Vasarely, drawing on the collections of the V & A. Lambert addresses students and collectors, including a glossary of technical terms, abbreviations found in print inscriptions, and a select bibliography. This is recommended for popular collections but cannot replace John Ross and Clare Romano's essential and far more comprehensive Complete Printmaker.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810965771
• ISBN 13: 9780810965775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96