Syllabus
Working on the set of black-and-white and color intaglio prints. Formal and conceptual possibilities of experiment. Theoretical overview of history and present state of printmaking. Working diary as a documentation of semester.
Keywords: Intaglio printmaking, tradition, present times, experiment
Annotation
Specificity and expressive possibilities of intaglio printmaking techniques.
Exercises and experimentations in intaglio techniques : dry point, etching, mezzotint, softground etching, reservage etching and their combinations.
Intaglio printmaking techniques, their basic development. Analysis of important periods and works in the history of printmaking. Editions and cycles. Authorship and its specific aspect in printmaking art.