Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of the Art together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods / Joseph Pennell

Identifier:REF.PM.2027

Dimensions:xxxv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 29cm

Publication dates:1931

Subjects: Graphic arts -- Technique., etchers, etchings, graphic arts

Description:Fourth Edition. The Graphic Arts series for artists, students, amateurs and collectors. Vol. 2: Etching. A study of the work of great etchers including Whistler, Rembrandt, Durer, Blake, and Goya. Also includes a section on technical aspects, covering a broad range of topics such as the materials necessary for making an etching, the collecting of etchings, color etchings, monotypes, relief prints, printing, publishing and preservation of prints. "This series is intended to be a survey of the best work in the past--the work that is admitted to be worth studying--and a definite statement as to the best methods of making drawings, prints, and engravings, written in every case by those who have passed their lives in making them."--General Preface to the Graphic Arts Series Includes index.