Great prints & printmakers

Contents

Foreword -- Graphic art : a definition -- The fine print as an original work of art -- Early prints -- The subject matter of early and later prints -- The traditional methods of making fine prints -- The relief print. The woodcut ; The wood engraving ; The Japanese wood-block print ; The chiaroscuro woodcut ; The metal cut -- The intaglio print. The line engraving ; Niello ; The drypoint ; The etching ; The aquatint ; The lift-ground etching ; The soft-ground etching ; The mezzotint ; The stipple engraving and the crayon manner -- The planographic print (The surface print). The lithograph ; The transfer lithograph -- The stencil print. The silk-screen print (Serigraph) -- The monotype -- The cliché-verre -- The rubbing -- A practical guide to print collecting. What is meant by the "state" of a print? ; The signing and numbering of prints ; What is a restrike? ; How is a plate destroyed or canceled? ; Prints made after the works of other artists ; What is a reproduction? ; Does price necessarily determine quality? ; The use of catalogues and protection against fraud ; The care and framing of prints -- Plates.