A method of engraving a copper or steel plate by scraping and burnishing areas to produce effects of light and shadow.
Mezzotint pictures are typically black and white.
Hugh Paton has written: 'Etching, drypoint, mezzotint' -- subject(s): Dry-point, Etching, Mezzotint engraving, Technique
etching, engraving, drypoint,aquatint or mezzotint.
He was an artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States.
A method of engraving a copper or steel plate by scraping and burnishing areas to produce effects of light and shadow.
a. aquatint c. mezzotint b. engraving d. drypoint
a. aquatint c. mezzotint b. engraving d. drypoint
John Charrington has written: 'A catalogue of the mezzotints after, or said to be after, Rembrandt' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Mezzotint engraving
OK so gray is a combination of black and white so yes. I mean it is obvious!
MezzotintMezzo-tinto which is Italian for "half-tone" or "half-painted"
Mezzotint was the printmaking technique commonly used to translate oil paintings to printed form.
Malcolm C. Salaman has written: 'The old engravers of England' -- subject(s): Engraving, English Engravers 'Shakespeare in pictorial art' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Illustrations, Pictorial works, Portraits 'The Old Engravers Of England In Their Relation To Contemporary Life And Art 1540 To 1800' 'The etchings of James McBey' 'Modern book illustrators and their work' 'P. L. Debucourt' 'The watercolours of W. Russell Flint' 'Old English mezzotints' -- subject(s): Mezzotint engraving, British Mezzotint engraving 'Modern woodcuts and lithographs' 'Dimity's dilemma' 'The art of the woodcut' -- subject(s): Wood-engraving 'J.R. Smith' -- subject(s): Mezzotints, Stipple engraving 'The modern colour-print of original design' -- subject(s): Color prints