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Drypoint

Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The difference is in the use of tools, and that the raised ridge along the furrow is not scraped or filed away as in…

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History

Housebook MasterOld master printAlbrecht DürerRembrandtAlex Katz
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Lines and burrs

BurrRembrandtElectroplating
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Printing processes

TarlatanEtching press
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Overview

PrintmakingIntaglioEngravingCopperAcetate
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Lines and burrs

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Printing processes

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Drypoint

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples51
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Drypoint

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related to history · 24
Drypoint → Albrecht Dürer, Alex Katz, Among, As, By, Canadian, David Brown Milne, German, Hermann-Paul, Housebook Master, In, Lemos, Martin Lewis, Mary Cassatt, Max Beckmann, Milton Avery, On, Pedro Joseph, Rembrandt, Sunny
related to External links · 7
Drypoint → Art, PDF, People, Printed Pictures, Prints, Social History, The Metropolitan Museum
related to Lines and burrs · 6
Drypoint → Because, Most, Rembrandt, The, This, To
related to Types of needles · 6
Drypoint → Any, Carbide-tipped, Dentistry, Diamond-tipped, However, Steel
related to Hand-wiping techniques · 4
Drypoint → Also, However, Ink, Less
is a · 1
Drypoint → printmaking technique of the intaglio family

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plate used engraving burr ink technique intaglio lines also etching drypoints techniques produced paper image metal print use impressions often

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Drypointis aprintmaking technique of the intaglio family0.90text
etching or engraving which produce a smoothinstance ofdense line that differentiates drypoint from other intaglio methods0.80text
hard-edged lineinstance ofdense line that differentiates drypoint from other intaglio methods0.80text
Mary Cassatt have produced colour drypointsinstance ofartists0.80text
Drypointrelated to External linksPrints0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksPeople0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksSocial History0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksPrinted Pictures0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksThe Metropolitan Museum0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksArt0.60section
Drypointrelated to External linksPDF0.60section
Drypointrelated to Hand-wiping techniquesLess0.60section

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