Mezzotint
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| - | {{Template}}'''Mezzotint''' is a [[printmaking]] process of the [[intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] family, technically a [[drypoint]] method. It was the first [[Grayscale|tonal method]] to be used, enabling half-tones to be produced without using line or dot based techniques like [[hatching]], cross-hatching or [[stipple]]. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth. In printing the tiny pits in the plate hold the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. A high level of quality and richness in the print can be achieved. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Mezzotint''' is a [[printmaking]] process of the [[intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] family, technically a [[drypoint]] method. It was the first [[Grayscale|tonal method]] to be used, enabling half-tones to be produced without using line or dot based techniques like [[hatching]], cross-hatching or [[stipple]]. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth. In printing the tiny pits in the plate hold the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. A high level of quality and richness in the print can be achieved. | ||
| + | ==Mezzotint engravers== | ||
| + | *[[Ludwig von Siegen]] – inventor | ||
| + | *[[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] | ||
| + | * [[Richard Josey]] (1840–1906), engraver of [[James McNeill Whistler|James McNeill Whistler's]] ''[[Whistler's Mother]]''. | ||
| + | *[[M. C. Escher]] | ||
| + | *[[Peter Ilsted]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexander Hay Ritchie]] | ||
| + | *[[T.F. Simon]] | ||
| + | *[[Toru Iwaya]] | ||
| + | *[[John Sartain]] | ||
| + | *[[Gatja Rothe|G. H. Rothe]] (1935–2007) | ||
| + | *[[Luke Vehorn]] | ||
| + | *[[Francisco Souto]] | ||
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Mezzotint is a printmaking process of the intaglio family, technically a drypoint method. It was the first tonal method to be used, enabling half-tones to be produced without using line or dot based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth. In printing the tiny pits in the plate hold the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. A high level of quality and richness in the print can be achieved.
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Mezzotint engravers
- Ludwig von Siegen – inventor
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- Richard Josey (1840–1906), engraver of James McNeill Whistler's Whistler's Mother.
- M. C. Escher
- Peter Ilsted
- Alexander Hay Ritchie
- T.F. Simon
- Toru Iwaya
- John Sartain
- G. H. Rothe (1935–2007)
- Luke Vehorn
- Francisco Souto
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