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	Mezzotint - LoveToKnow 1911
		Mezzotint continued to be practised for a while on the Continent, but the successors of Sherwin in England so excelled in it that it early acquired abroad the title of "la maniere Anglaise," and has since become an exclusively British art.
		Mezzotints were occasionally printed in colours, notably those engraved later after George Morland, the primary object being to conceal the worn-out condition of the plates.
		In" pure mezzotint "the design is evolved from dark to light entirely by scraping away more or less of the previously laid" ground,"the original" burr "of which is left untouched in the extreme darks, and no acid, etching or line-work is used in it at all.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mezzotint (1867 words)

	mezzotint - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mezzotint involves uniform burring with a curved, sawtoothed tool by cradling it back and forth until the surface of the plate presents an all-over, even grain.
		In pure mezzotint, no line drawing is employed, the result being soft without the sharp lines of an etching.
		Mezzotint was often used for the reproduction of paintings, particularly, in England, for landscapes and portraits.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-mezzotin.html (269 words)

	Mezzotint
		Mezzotint is a printing process of the intaglio familiy, in which the surface of a metal plate is roughened evenly; the image is then brought out by smoothing the surface, creating the image by working from dark to light.
		Plates can be mechanically roughened, but the classical way is to rub fine metal filings over the surface with a piece of glass; the finer the filings, the smaller the grain of the surface.
		Mezzotint is known for the luxurious quality of its tones: first, because an evenly, finely roughened surface holds a lot of ink, allowing deep solid colors to be printed; secondly because the process of smoothing the texture with a burin allows fine gradations in tone to be developed.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/me/Mezzotint.html (121 words)

	MEZZOTINT - Online Information article about MEZZOTINT
		Cousins, because there was a certain artistic significance in the etched line itself apart from the mezzotint tone, but every touch of line in a mezzotint does something to destroy the painter-like quality, and a decadence was in progress.
		forty years pure mezzotint ceased to be practised altogether, and the revival of it, which began in 188o, was led up to by the invention of steel-facing.
		mere surface resemblance to a mezzotint, is a photograph manipulated to imitate an engraving, entirely devoid of artistic individuality.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MEZZOTINT.html (3133 words)

	National Portrait Gallery \| Research \| Archive Collection \| Early history of mezzotint
		Mezzotint has a particular association with portraiture and Browne's prints shed light on the Restoration period of Charles II and the work of the painter Sir Peter Lely.
		Mezzotint was also used by Beckett and Smith and artists such as Robert Robinson, Bernard Lens (II) and William Faithorne Jr for 'subject' prints covering the entire range of religious, mythological, landscape, genre and still-life imagery.
		Mezzotint continued in the eighteenth century to be the preferred method for reproducing portraits and became so firmly rooted in Britain that it was referred to as la manière anglaise.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/mellon.asp (5067 words)

	Carol Wax - Mezzotint
		Even if one considers the number of artists concentrating their efforts on traditional mezzotint, there are quite a few and the number is increasing all the time.
		Mezzotint is capable of satisfying the demands of almost any image, working style, or concept.
		While many artists working in mezzotint are attracted to the dramatic lighting effects and range of tonal gradations, the medium can be handled quite freely and accommodate a wide range of images and styles.
	www.worldprintmakers.com /english/wax/interv.htm (2526 words)

	Mezzotint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mezzotint is a printmaking process of the intaglio family.
		Mezzotint is known for the luxurious quality of its tones: first, because an evenly, finely roughened surface holds a lot of ink, allowing deep solid colors to be printed; secondly because the process of smoothing the plate with burin, burnisher and scraper allows fine gradations in tone to be developed.
		The mezzotint printmaking method was invented by the German professional soldier Ludwig von Siegen (1609-c1680).
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Mezzotint (888 words)

	Mezzotint - examples, glossary and definition of antique, art and printmaking terms
		Mezzotint may be regarded as the noblest of prints, aloof from the general run of inexpensive treasures.
		In a mezzotint one is impressed first by the depth and intensity of the shadow that serves as a foil to the delicate detail of burnished brightness.
		A mezzotint is easy to recognise because of the distinctive manner in which the design emerges from the fl background.
	www.collectorsprints.com /glossary/mezzotint.asp (729 words)

	What Is A Print?
		Mezzotint can be thought of as the inverse of the other intaglio processes, for a mezzotint design is created working from fl to white, rather than vice versa.
		In a mezzotint the metal plate is worked using a rocker, which roughens the entire surface of the plate with tiny holes and burrs.
		Mezzotinting was relatively unknown in the United States until it was brought to prominence by John Sartain.
	www.philaprintshop.com /whataprt.html (1675 words)

	Peter Ilsted
		Mezzotint, from the Italian mezzotinto ('half-tint'), brought the achievement of middle tones to intaglio printmaking.
		The mezzotint technique with its dark and rich tones was well suited to such subjects as portraits, interiors and night scenes.
		And his artistry in varying the inking and printing of a mezzotint plate in colors to achieve diverse effects is extraordinary.
	www.annalies.com /Gallery/Peter_Ilsted/peter_ilsted.html (422 words)

	maywood's mezzotint copper plate - Brief History of Mezzotint
		The invention of mezzotint is attributed to Ludvig Von Siegen.
		The later most closely resembles mezzotint since the image is formed by a series of holes or dots punched into the metal, the additive effects of which produce areas of varying tonal contrast.
		As the art of mezzotint spread throughout Europe, methods of grounding the plate improved with refinement of the rocking tool and its usage.
	www.mezzotint.co.uk /history1.htm (556 words)

	The Printed Image in the West: Mezzotint \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The mezzotint process was first developed in the printmaking center of Amsterdam in the second quarter of the seventeenth century.
		Mezzotints circulated widely, sold in a variety of sizes (including "royal," 24 x 19 in., "large," 18 x 24 in., "posture," 14 x 10 in., and "small," 6 x 4 in.) intended to fit standard-sized frames, and were offered in a range of prices calculated to suit every budget.
		Some mezzotints, such as the (often crudely) humorous scenes known as "drolls" issued by leading publishers Robert Sayers and Carrington Bowles, were hand-painted and sold in garish colors.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/mztn/hd_mztn.htm (1296 words)

	Mezzotint Technique
		Mezzotint is among the most physically demanding mediums in art, one tried and quickly abandoned as "too difficult", for example, by the great printmaker M.C. Escher.
		Avati's mastery of the mezzotint is most remarkable in his still lifes, which convey both the volume and dimension of his subjects, combined with a sense of timelessness.
		See also the work of 19th-century artist John Martin, whose mezzotints exemplify the extraordinary effects of scale and dramatic light possible with this medium.
	www.fitch-febvrel.com /mezzotint.html (213 words)

	Worcester Art Museum Exhibits Japanese Masters of Mezzotint
		Mezzotint is a particularly exacting and laborious printmaking process.
		Invented in Amsterdam in the 17th century, engraving in mezzotint was used in Europe to reproduce paintings, especially portraits.
		With the invention of photography in the mid-19th century, the mezzotint medium became obsolete.
	www.worcesterart.org /Information/PR/Past/8-17-04.html (860 words)

	Library Associates Newsletter Winter 2003-2004
		Samuel Arlent Edwards, born in 1862 in Somerset, England, reinvented the complex and time-consuming process of single-print mezzotint engraving in color, an art dormant since late in the eighteenth century.
		To create a mezzotint, a copper plate is uniformly roughened to the texture of fine sandpaper with a tool called a "rocker," a chisel with a curved serrated blade.
		The prints in Masters in Mezzotint were generously donated by the artist's son, Sam A. Edwards, of Washington.
	gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu /advancement/newsletter/70/mezzotint70.htm (508 words)

	mezzotint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His beautiful mezzotints are exquisite examples of this technically demanding method of printmaking.
		Mezzotints by this artist are included in the permanent collections of
		Mezzotints are created in small, limited-editions of usually less than 20.
	www.homestead.com /mezzotint/mezzotint.html (140 words)

	International Mezzotint Society (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The International Mezzotint Society (I.M.S.) was established in 1997 by Dr.
		The primary objective is to share enthusiasm and information, and spread knowledge of the technique and its history, to other artists who may presently feel somewhat isolated.
		It could include information about how long you have been creating mezzotints, what attracted you to them, do you create other kinds of printmaking or art, and what you are now working on.
	www.math.ufl.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /~glover/mezzotint.html (417 words)

	Saper Galleries and Custom Framing is the primary source for Laurent Schkolnyk mezzotint engravings
		His mezzotints are richly colored and his imagery is serene and beautiful.
		Mezzotint was invented by Dutch artist Von Siegen at the beginning of the 17th century.
		Mezzotints were very popular in England during the 18th and 19th century.
	www.sapergalleries.com /Schkolnyk.html (652 words)

	KRANK 101 - Chris Herbert, "Mezzotint" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mezzotint is a collection of digital, textured pieces assembled through the extensive manipulation of found sounds and environmental sources.
		Mezzotint is the consequence of a continual process of subtraction and composting, leaving just a trace of melody or the implication of rhythm.
		The result is a spontaneous, embracing the mystery of faraway broadcasts and the internal experience: a clouded, busy music of vertical activity and blended, indistinct color as opposed to narrative uni-direction.
	brainwashed.com /common/htdocs/discog/krank101.html (174 words)

	Maciej Deja - Mezzotint How-To (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The mezzotint technique was discovered in the mid-seventeenth century and is unique among graphic methods because the artist starts with a plate which has been previously prepared to print a very deep solid fl, then the ground is reduced to reveal the light tones.
		The key to a fine mezzotint lies in the preparation of the plate.
		The tool for the preparation of the mezzotint ground is called "rocker." It is a knife with a handle and a thick serrated curved blade.
	www.worldprintmakers.com /english/maciej/howto/howto.htm (1321 words)

	John Martin Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mezzotint is an intaglio medium in which the artist begins with a heavily textured plate that prints a solid fl.
		The plate is then selectively scraped and burnished to create smoother areas that will not hold ink, allowing the artist to work progressively from dark to light.
		In this example this is extremely difficult to discern, but if you examine a detail of the clouds in the upper left hand corner you will see a subtle example of this.
	www2.ku.edu /~sma/martin/martmap.htm (316 words)

	Amazon.com: Mezzotint: Books: Carol Wax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mezzotint is an intaglio printmaking process particularly suited to the rendering of tonal gradations that was used from the 17th through the 19th centuries to create reproductions of paintings.
		Wax, who is a mezzotint artist, has combined a history of mezzotint with instructions for artists who wish to work in mezzotint today.
		Like the mezzotint process, Wax's text is painstaking and requires patience to complete, but she provides a wealth of information on one of today's lesser-known printmaking processes.
	www.amazon.com /Mezzotint-Carol-Wax/dp/0810926490 (696 words)

	Masters in Mezzotint: Color Prints by S. Arlent Edwards
		MASTERS IN MEZZOTINT: COLOR PRINTS BY S. ARLENT EDWARDS is on view in the Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery on the fifth floor of Georgetown University's Lauinger Library.
		He achieved early success in making mezzotint reproductions of well-known paintings, a path he was to follow all his life.
		With the gradual addition of color technique, the method was particularly good for portraits of the English aristocracy in their satins and velvets against misty romantic landscapes, and its use peaked in the late 1700s.
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/guac/edwards_03/intro.htm (1519 words)

	Yozo Hamaguchi ~ The Modern Mezzotint ~ at Boca Raton Museum of Art \| Art Knowledge News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The mezzotint process, developed in the 17th century, is a copper-plate engraving process that can show tonal shading - "mezzo" or half-tints between fl and white, as well as the subtle gradation of colors.
		Through his development of the color mezzotint, Hamaguchi found the perfect balance between the Zen-like simplicity of his subject matter and the laborious complexity of technique in harmonious compositions which reflect an artist’s concern for color, balance, subtlety and refinement, and a poet’s sensitivity to illusory perfection, spiritual meditation and the evocation of mystery.
		Because mezzotint was the only medium used, he was considered by many to be the “Master of the Mezzotint.” His achievements in this difficult intaglio process have earned him many awards in Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Lugano, and the Grand Prix from Lubljana International Print Biennale and the Grand Prize from the Northern California Print Competition.
	www.artknowledgenews.com /Yozo_Hamaguchi.html (892 words)

	The Mezzotint by M R James
		It was a rather indifferent mezzotint, and an indifferent mezzotint is, perhaps, the worst form of engraving known.
		During a lull in these operations Williams picked up the mezzotint from the table without looking at it, and handed it to a person mildly interested in art, telling him where it had come from, and the other particulars which we already know.
		During breakfast nothing was said about the mezzotint by Williams, save that he had a picture on which he wished for Nisbet's opinion.
	ghost.new-age-spirituality.com /mrjames5.html (1973 words)

	Artist & Mezzotint
		A mezzotint is made by repeatedly pressing a curved, serrated mezzotint rocker over the surface of a copper plate until it has received many thousands of tiny little indentations from this tool.
		Mezzotint is an engraving method, with the rocker digging into the surface of the plate, each time raising a tiny burr next to each pit left by the sharp points of the serrated edge.
		The design is placed into the rough surface of the mezzotint by scraping and burnishing.
	www.newburyfinearts.com /Library/Mezzo.html (496 words)

	Mary Herndon - Downtown Gallery
		We just finished remodeling a room to be used as a studio and with a darkroom in the basement I can now work easily at home on my etchings and other prints.
		So over the years since then I have experimented on how to get the look I wanted in my mezzotints (with the help of many books!) but it was only just recently than I finally feel completely comfortable with the whole process.
		What is important to me in mezzotints are the rich fls and range of tones you are able to achieve in the final print.
	www.downtownartgallery.com /herndon/herndon.html (549 words)

	maywood's mezzotint copper plate - Introducing maywood¹s mezzotint copper plate (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The reason is that the former are made using knurled rollers that produce a fine though shallow burr in the metal.
		Traditional mezzotint rocking tools, because of their shape, cut more deeply into the metal surface creating a much deeper burr and hence a greater tonal range available to the artist.
		Each full sized plate is individually crafted using a specially adapted pole-rocking system which not only maintains constant pressure and angle of the rocker blade to the plate surface, but also controls rocking motion and spacing to give a perfect 'pass'.
	www.mezzotint.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /intro1.htm (326 words)

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