The concept of contemporary printmaking mainly refers to the artistic works conceived and created by artists through plate-making and printing procedures, specifically, the pictures carved or etched on pages such as wood, stone, hemp, copper and zinc with knives or chemicals.
Printmaking art has been accompanied by the invention and development of printing technology. Ancient prints mainly refer to woodcuts, but a few copperplate prints and overprinting are not allowed. The unique taste of knife wood makes it have independent artistic value and position in the history of China culture and art.
Before the 1930s, printmaking was still copying printmaking. From 193 1, the new woodcut advocated by Lu Xun began to have prints in China.
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Printmaking has gone through two stages in history, from copying to creation.
In early printmaking, painters, sculptors and printers cooperated with each other, and sculptors only carved plates according to drawings, which was called copying printmaking. Later, painting and sculpture were done by a printmaker, who was able to give full play to his artistic creativity. This kind of printmaking is called creating printmaking.
China has copied woodcut prints for thousands of years, and his print creation began in 1930s, initiated by Lu Xun, and has made great progress.
In the west, in the 6th century/kloc-A.D., Diu Lei copied ink painting with copperplate and woodcut. /kloc-In the 0/7th century, Rembrandt developed copperplate prints from engraving to etching, and entered the stage of print creation. Woodblock prints entered the stage of print creation in the19th century.
People's Network-Prints show the blending of eastern and western cultures.