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mezzotint grain [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
  • Intaglio Printing
CONT

A process working from a direct photograph ... If halftones and blacks are needed in the final result a grain of some sort must be established ... Commercial halftone screens ... concentric curvilinear screens, or an irregular dotted screen known as mezzotint or aquatint grain ... are available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gravure d'art
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
DEF

(...) plaques de verre qui ont été poudrées à la résine, puis mordues à l'acide fluorhydrique et noircies.

Spanish

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