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Definition of engravings

Engraving
Engraving En*grav"ing, n. 1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.

Meaning of engravings from wikipedia

- images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engraving is a form of relief printing...
- The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist, so named because its first do****ented appearance is in Camille Flammarion's 1888 book...
- areas. As a result, the blocks for wood engravings deteriorate less quickly than the copper plates of engravings, and have a distinctive white-on-black...
- was posted online in November 2013. Engravings received strong critical reviews on release. Mixmag named Engravings their album of the month for August...
- largely been phased out and replaced with laser engraving. For more precise and visually decorative engravings, a laser table (also known as an "X–Y" or "XY"...
- less used. Copperplate engraving is another somewhat outdated term for engravings. With photography long established, engravings made today are nearly...
- material at a time. An engraving burin is used predominantly by intaglio engravers, but also by relief printmakers in making wood engravings. Usually an engraver...
- The Cowdray engravings comprise five 18th-century engravings of 16th-century wall-paintings, originally commissioned by Sir Anthony Browne. The original...
- Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent—though...
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