. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . Hr,Mii,; iiKvvjAv<,,ti.( TITIANAgostiuo Carracci ITALY masters own painting, Carraccis skill inengraving will be at once apparent. Longparallel strokes, close together, give a richdeep hue to cloak and cap. The brown furtrimming, with its loose, broad handling,contrasts effectively with the delicate workon beard and hair. The short, swellingstroke used in the light background, theclear, transparent cross-hatching on thecheek, all denote great ad^ance in differen-tiating this variety of textures. Thereafter, as engraving si
. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . Hr,Mii,; iiKvvjAv<,,ti.( TITIANAgostiuo Carracci ITALY masters own painting, Carraccis skill inengraving will be at once apparent. Longparallel strokes, close together, give a richdeep hue to cloak and cap. The brown furtrimming, with its loose, broad handling,contrasts effectively with the delicate workon beard and hair. The short, swellingstroke used in the light background, theclear, transparent cross-hatching on thecheek, all denote great ad^ance in differen-tiating this variety of textures. Thereafter, as engraving sinks into rou-tine and commercialism, let us turn to etch-ing, a process likewise introduced from theNorth and practiced in Italy since the six-teenth century. Its easy technique offeredmany advantages to the artist over the in-tricacies which had crept into engraving, tobe mastered only by long practice. The easeand freedom of the etched line, its expres-siveness and — not least — the accidental ef-fects resulting from unforeseen action of theacid,
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