The mezzotint : history and technique / by Carol Wax.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wax, Carol, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mezzotint engraving--Technique.

Mezzotint engraving.

Penn Provenance:

Luber, Gilbert (honoree) (RBC copy)

Luber, Shirley (bookplate) (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, 1990.

Summary:

Traces the evolution of the mezzotint from its invention in the 17th century to its great growth in the 18th century. An extensive technical section includes step-by-step descriptions and illustrations of the procedures for making mezzotints.

Contents:

Part 1. The early history of mezzotint

Dutch mezzotints and the growth of mezzotint in England

The great age of mezzotint

The status of mezzotint in the art world of Eighteenth-century England

Mezzotint and the business of publishing

The development of mezzotint in the Eighteenth-century marketplace

Mezzotints abroad

The next wave: the age of steel

Publishing and the economics of steel

Mezzotint on steel: the age of eclecticism

The demise of the reproductive-mezzotint industry

The rise of the original mezzotint.

Part 2. Plate preparation

Platework

Proofing and printing

Alterations: mistakes and corrections

Special effects, mixed methods, and alternative grounding techniques

Color

Final steps: editioning

List of suppliers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has dustjacket retained.

RBC copy has bookplate which reads "In memory of Gilbert Luber by Shirley Luber."

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Shirley Luber.

Other Format:

Online version: Wax, Carol, 1953- Mezzotint.

ISBN:

0810936038

9780810936034

0810926490

9780810926493

OCLC:

20490576