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HELIOGRAVURE [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

photogravure: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

héliogravure : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intaglio Printing
  • Photoengraving
DEF

An industrial intaglio process for engraving, by photomechanical means, a sunken image on a plate or cylinder from which the image can be printed onto another surface, usually paper.

OBS

"Photogravure" is gravure printing which uses photographic methods. Many sources use "photogravure" and "gravure" synonymously because of the widespread use of photography in intaglio printing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Fabrication, par voie photomécanique, d'un cliché ou d'un cylindre où les éléments imprimants sont en creux.

OBS

L'héliogravure est l'application industrielle du procédé artisanal de la taille douce.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Impresión intaglio
  • Fotograbado
DEF

Procedimiento para obtener clisés fotomecánicos en hueco.

OBS

El heliograbado solamente difiere de la talla dulce por el hecho de que la plancha es grabada químicamente a través de una capa de gelatina fotosensible en la cual se ha impresionado la imagen.

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