MASTERPIECES AT
the Beaney
RARE ETCHINGS BY CANALETTO ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE BEANEY HOUSE
OF ART AND KNOWLEDGE, CANTERBURY, ALONGSIDE ENGRAVINGS AFTER FAMOUS
OLD MASTER PAINTINGS BY RAPHAEL, TITIAN AND MICHELANGELO IN THE EXHIBITION
PERFECT LINES: OLD MASTERS IN PRINT.
Edouard Manet, The Execution of Maximilian
Until photography was developed in the second
half of the nineteenth century, paintings by Italian
Renaissance artists were reproduced and became
known through engravings. These prints were
made by highly skilled artist-engravers, who
translated the colour and form of paintings into
black and white lines and dots, incised on metal
(usually copper) plates. Their specialist and finely
detailed work took many months, and often years.
Once ready the metal plates were inked and
wiped, so that ink stayed only within the incised
lines. Dampened paper was laid over the plate,
and the plate and paper passed through a press
similar to a laundry mangle; inked lines thereby
transferred to paper, creating prints. Large,
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