For Engraving we have terms and definitions in 10 topics. The topics are Art, Art History, Book Collecting, Books, Fine Art, Glass, Illustration, Paper, Printmaking and Sculptural.

Engraving (Art)

The process of cutting or otherwise incising a design in a hard material, such as metal. In metal work and sculpture, engraving is used primarily for surface decoration. In printmaking, an engraving is a PRINT made from a metal or wooden plate that has been engraved.

Engraving (Art History)

In portraiture, a pose in which the sitter faces the viewer directly; full face.

Engraving (Book Collecting)

See intaglio printing.

Engraving (Books)

An illustration or decoration printed from a metal plate or hardwood block.

Engraving (Fine Art)

A general term used to describe traditional printing processes, such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, etc., where an image is made by the use of metal plates and engraving tools, and printed, usually through a printing press. The image can be incised into the plate, or drawn with fluid and then dipped in acid to etch the uncovered areas. These processes are still used by artists, but of course have been supplanted by more modern processes for general printing purposes.

Engraving (Glass)

see Copper-wheel, Diamond-point, Intaglio and Rock crystal

Engraving (Illustration)

Artwork created by etching an image into a copper plate, filling the etched lines with ink, and pulling a paper print from the process.

Engraving (Paper)

Printing by the intaglio process. Ink is applied to the paper under extreme pressure resulting in a printed surface being raised. Used for fine letterheads, wedding invitations, etc.

Engraving (Printmaking)

A form of intaglio printing in which lines are incised into a metal plate with a carving tool called a burin. The characteristics of burin engraving differ from that of etching in that engraving, requiring considerable force, is done from the strength of the arm and eliminates the quavering autographic qualities of etching, which is done more from the finger tips like fine drawing. The hallmarks of engraving are often elegantly swelling and tapering lines.

Engraving (Sculptural)

Printmaking method in which a sharp tool (burin) is used to scratch lines into a hard surface such as metal or wood.

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