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Ci tiene molto a mostrarci il ritratto di sua moglie
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
Sto sempre pensando al terzo pesce
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
A Matilde è rimasto il riso sullo specchio
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
Happiness: The case against
Harland Miller
Print - 98.5 x 72.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.8 x 28.5 x 0 inch
$20,020
Le lapin, l'aigle et la lune
Valerio Adami
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$537
Questo Silenzio (This Silence)
Renzo Biasion
Print - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$224
Paravent I, gravure en édition limitée
Sylviane Canini
Print - 28 x 75 x 1 cm Print - 11 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$436
Continent B, gravure originale
Sylviane Canini
Print - 50 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$436
Palais du vieux roi - Se lever dans l’obscurité
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 108.5 x 79.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 42.7 x 31.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,915
La vieille reine hilare – Dans le chaos poussent les cornes
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 113 x 77 x 0.2 cm Print - 44.5 x 30.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,915
La macchina che mangia frutta
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
Anche le farfalle vogliono la libertà
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$218
Foto segnaletiche della polizia
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$218
Presenze su terreno sabbioso in Russia
Tonino Guerra
Print - 18 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.1 x 15 x 0 inch
$218
I nudi di donna piacciono anche all’anatra maschio
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
Tutte le scale portano alle campane
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$218
Il cagnone ha paura della farfalla verde che arriva in compagnia dell'insetto blu
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
Mi tengono compagnia le cose inutili
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$268
La ville, fumée et bruits de métiers
Dominique Sosolic
Print - 31 x 24 cm Print - 12.2 x 9.4 inch
$240
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Etching Print for Sale
Engravings, hollowed out or raised drawings, have existed since prehistoric times. They made it possible to understand the world of that period, which was still so mysterious to mankind. They can be found at high altitude, as tools for analysing the cosmos, and on the land, depicting everyday life. They are an ancestral tradition: engravings are mentioned in the Bible and in poems from the 8th century BC. Although engraving was a technique in and of itself during this time, during Middle Ages it started to be used as a printing technique used for publishing.
Engraving spread across Europe during the Renaissance, when the printing press was invented. It essential in process of sharing ideas and knowledge through books and illustrations. At the time, engraving art also made it possible to guarantee the authenticity of a work of art to avoid counterfeiting. Although Italy was at the heart of the development of painting during the Renaissance, it was in Northern Europe that artists really recognized the importance of engraving in art with Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt, who mainly used the engraving technique for intaglio prints (image is incised into a surface) .
This technique consists of hollowing out a design on a metal plate, often copper. Ink is then added to the hollowed out engraving. This is different from relief printing, in which the engraver has to remove matter to reveal a raised pattern. These engravings were often made using wood, metal and linoleum - more flexible and therefore easier to work (linocut).
For engraving on a metal plate, they used either a tool (the chisel or the dry point), or a sharp edge as for etching, which was easier to master. Other methods of printing include flat engraving or lithography (printing drawings with ink or a grease pencil on limestone), silkscreen printing (printing on a stitched fabric stretched over a frame) and monotypying (printing on paper, painted on a copper plate).
Modern engravings were made using lithography, which was invented by Alois Senefelder, bypassing the difficulty of having to actually cut into and draw on hard metal. Artistic engraving spread across Europe with the work of Thomas Bewick, who depicted animals, Charles Thompson, who created engravings for the world of publishing, and Heliodorus Pisa, François Pannemaker and Hippolyte Lavoignat, who engraved illustrations.
Engraving became less popular and widespread after the invention of photography. Other modern artists did, however, continue to produce engravings: the Barbizon school, with Millet and Corot who practiced etching, along with the Impressionists, including Manet, Gauguin, Cézanne and Renoir and Modernists such as Picasso and Matisse who worked with linoleum.
Contemporary engraving is practiced by artists including Philippe Mohlitz, Mario Avati and Philippe Favier. Engraving prints available on Artsper are ideal for those looking to buy artwork by some of the greatest artists including Man Ray, René Magritte, Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch, Niki de Saint Phalle, Robert Combas, Miss Van and Antoni Tapies.
Etching is a type of printing which uses acid or another chemical to cut a design onto a surface, often metal. While a print is the end product, etching is the process of creating the print.
Artists that used etching include Francisco de Goya, Rembrandt van Rijn, William Blake and Angelica Kauffman.
Etching can be done on many different surface materials, such as metal, cardboard, wood, plastic and stone.