Below is a glossary article post in the category E which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Engraving based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Engraving
So, what is actually meant by Engraving?
Carving is a graphic art technique that involves making an incision into a metal plate that maintains ink and forms a printed image.
Explanation of Engraving
The design is manually insisted into a carved plate using burin, a carving tool like a very fine chisel with the tip of the lip -shaped. Burin makes the incision into the metal in various angles and with a variety of pressures that determine the number of ink that can be held lines – therefore variations in the width and darkness when printed. Metal date engraving techniques from ancient classic times as a method of decoration of objects. But only around 1430 in Germany the engraved plate began to be used to make prints. Photoengraving is the process of using acids to get photographic images produced to metal plates which can then be printed.
Like etching and aquatint, carvings are intaglio techniques. Intaglio refers to all printing techniques and graphic arts in which the image is assigned to the surface, and the lines that are insisted or concave areas holding ink.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix E, as well as terms associated with E.
Meaning of Engraving in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Engraving.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Ukiran (Indonesian), Ukiran (Java), and Asgra in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Ukiran.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Engraving.
Hopefully this article post that we have shared can be useful and can broaden our insight and literacy, especially in Art.
See also ours other articles related to the field of Art on the main blog page of our website.
Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix E. This article wasupdated in Nov of 2024.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=engraving
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=engraving
- View example images of engraving through Google here
- View example images of engraving on Bing here
- View example images of engraving on Yandex here
