photogravure
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
photogravure
- Details
An intaglio photomechanical process in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatint."
- Variations
heliogravure
heliogravure
gravure printing
gravure printing
gravure
photoetching
printing, gravure
Talbot-Klic process
photo-etching
fotogravure
héliogravure
Fotogravüre
Photogravüre
Heliogravüre
fotoincisione
fotograbado
fotogravyr