A general term for metal-plate printmaking techniques, including etching, drypoint, engraving, aquatint, and mezzotint. The word comes from the Italian intagliare, meaning “to incise” or “to carve.” In intaglio printing, the lines or areas that hold the ink are incised below the surface of the plate, and printing relies on the pressure of a press to force damp paper into these incised lines or areas, to pick up ink.
Intaglio
6 examples
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Paul Klee Menacing Head (Drohendes Haupt) from the series Inventions (Inventionen) 1905
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Otto Dix Shock Troops Advance under Gas (Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor) from The War (Der Krieg) 1924
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Pablo Picasso The Weeping Woman I (La Femme qui pleure I) 1937
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Chimei Hamada Landscape 1954
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Romare Bearden The Train 1975
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Julie Mehretu Untitled from Algorithms, Apparitions and Translations 2013