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 withacid on aplate partially covered withvarnish that produces aprint somewhat resembling awatercolour . - 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
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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