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| A process where protruding surface faces of the printing plate or block are inked; recessed areas are ink-free |
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| Whatever is used to hold the image that makes up the print |
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| A type of print made by carving a design into a wooden block. The ink is applied to the block w/ a roller. As the ink touches only the surface areas and lines remaining between the carved-away parts of the block, it is these areas that make the print when paper is pressed against the inked block,leaving the carved-away parts of the design to appear blank |
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| A technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of tan object, such as an engraved seal stone. Includes: engraving, etching, and drypoint. Ink-filled lines from a metal plate create a design on paper |
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| Intaglio. Usually drawn with a sharp implement onto the surface of the plate |
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| The creation of a pattern simulating the varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots |
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| An artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by making closely spaced parallel lines. When lines are at angles to each other, it's called cross-hatching |
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| Catholic Counter-Reformation |
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| the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War (1648), and was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation |
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| The Council of Trent proclaimed that architecture, painting and sculpture had a role in conveying Catholic theology. Any work that might arouse "carnal desire" was inadmissible in churches, while any depiction of Christ's suffering and explicit agony was desirable and proper. In an era when some Protestant reformers were destroying images of saints and whitewashing walls, Catholic reformers reaffirmed the importance of art, with special encouragement given to images of the Virgin Mary |
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| The use of strong chiaroscuro and artificially illuminated areas to create a dramatic contrast of light ad dark in a painting |
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| A railing supported by balusters, especially an ornamental parapet on a balcony, bridge, or terrace |
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| In architecture, a decorative device or plaque, usually with a plain center used for inscriptions or epitaphs |
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| A knoblike architectural decoration usually found at the top point of a spire, pinnacle, canopy, or gable. Also found on furniture. Also the ornamental top of a staff |
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| A style of painting which emphasizes the techniques and surface effects of brushwork (also color, light, and shade) |
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| An intaglio printmaking process in which a metal plate is coated with acid-resistant resin and then inscribed with a stylus in a design, revealing the plate below. The plate is then immersed in acid, and the exposed metal of the design is eaten away by the acid. The resin is removed, leaving the design etched permanently into the metal and the plate ready to be inked, wiped, and printed. |
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