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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hangwa
"彼女は伝統的な日本の版画を学んでいる。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The activity or process of making original works of art by printing, normally on paper, through techniques such as etching, lithography, woodcut, or screen printing.
"She spent the semester in the studio mastering the intricate techniques of traditional printmaking." - 2
A fine art medium in which an image is created on a matrix and transferred to a final substrate.
"The museum's new exhibition highlights contemporary printmaking from around the world."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'print'—derived from the Middle English 'prenten', ultimately from the Latin 'premere' (to press)—with 'making', from the Old English 'macian' (to produce or create). Emerging as a unified compound in the late 19th and 20th centuries, it formalised the distinction between commercial printing and fine art print creation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Printmaking" is said worldwide
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estampe
Transliteration: ɛstɑ̃p
"Il étudie les techniques d'estampe à l'école des beaux-arts."
Druckgrafik
Transliteration: ˈdʁʊkɡʁafiːk
"Ihre Ausstellung zeigt moderne Druckgrafik aus Berlin."
incisione
Transliteration: intʃiˈziːne
"L'artista ha perfezionato la sua tecnica di incisione."
grabado
Transliteration: ɡɾaˈβado
"El taller de grabado ofrece clases para principiantes."
gravura
Transliteration: ɡɾaˈvuɾɐ
"Ela é especialista em gravura em metal."
मुद्रण कला
Transliteration: mudraṇ kalā
"उसने मुद्रण कला में अपनी डिग्री पूरी की।"
版画
Transliteration: bǎnhuà
"这幅版画展现了极高的艺术水准。"
판화
Transliteration: panhwa
"그는 현대 판화 작품을 전시회에 출품했다."
版画
Transliteration: hangwa
"彼女は伝統的な日本の版画を学んでいる。"
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