Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A process of etching capable of producing several tones by varying the etching time of different areas of a copper plate so that the resulting print resembles the flat tints of an ink or wash drawing.
  • noun An etching made by this process.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To etch in aquatint.
  • noun An etching process by which prints imitating the broad flat tints of India ink, bister, or sepia drawings are produced.
  • noun An engraving executed by the aquatint process.
  • noun Also aquatinta.
  • Pertaining to this method of etching.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
  • verb to etch in aquatint.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
  • noun An etching or print made using this method.
  • verb To make such etchings.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb etch in aquatint
  • noun a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
  • noun an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French aquatinte, from Italian acquatinta : acqua, water (from Latin aqua; see aqua) + tinta, dyed (from Latin tincta, feminine past participle of tingere, to dye).]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Italian acquatinta dyed water.

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Examples

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • Who cares that it was a masterpiece of what is known as the Sarasota Style: Sandy soil, aquatint waters, flashes of purples and reds and yellows, intense heat under the sun, and a surprising coolness in the shade make Sarasota, Florida, a subtropical paradise.

    Why Is Everybody Tearing Down Paul Rudolph Houses and Buildings? | Inhabitat 2010

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • In these works from 1991, large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint, he employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly reference to Picasso, Dali, Velazquez, etc.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • His etching "Place de la Rebublique a Rouen" (1883) and "Paysage sous bois" (1879) an etching and aquatint, neither of which was intended for circulation, are both featured at Caen.

    Denise Dennis: Normandy: Rare Prints Exhibited at Caen 2010

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