Class 11
Today in class we discussed the different versions of printmaking and how the differing techniques affected the style of the prints. As well as how when moving forward from one form of printmaking to another, the beginning stages of the new printmaking method would always be trying to replicate the printmaking method that predeceased it.
Wood blocks were cheap and simple, but not detailed, moving to engraving, more detail was achievable, but it is a difficult process so forms are still reserved and very calculated reflecting the process. Moving from engraving to etching, things loosen up, the ability to sketch is achieved by using ground to draw on with a liquid more like pen and ink, but still, at first it is made to look like engraving by varying the thickness of a single line. But eventually moves into its own more loose sketchy natural look. This looser look is used to portray a baroque ideal of spontaneity, the print looks like it was done quickly, showing a short concise specific time frame of a space.