Printmaking

History of printmaking: it was invented in the 1100's be the Chinese. In 1430 the Germans invented fine art printmaking. The top printmakers at the time were Albrect Durer, Martin Schonqauer, Rembrandt and Goya. The screw printing press was invented by the German Johann Gutenberg and only small changes were made to the design till the 1800's. Lithography was invented in 1799 by an Austrian printer, Alois Senefelder. Twentieth Century: graphic art became huge. That's my intro for printmaking hope you enjoy the rest of my page.



Chinese printmaking: In early pre-stages of Chinese printmaking they would try to reproduce Daoist and Buddhist images through wooden stamps. Woodblock printmaking was invented during the Tang period (618-907) most likely during the 8th century. They also used stone rubbing at the pre-stages. Big editions of confuzian classics were printed during the period of the five dynasties(907-960). Since the 14th century multi coloured printing was used. In the 20th century the Chinese artists started straying from tradition and following the western civilization style.


     
              Yuan Dynasty

















Rongbaozhai





Japanese printmaking: The printmaking in Japan came from China around the 8th century. At the time the two countries were connected through the cultural exchange. Japanese printmaking's prime was (1608-1868) called the Edo period. The first multicoloured print was in the 16th century. The artist Monorubu created a single sheet woodblock print in the middle of the 17th century. The
Japanese printmaking style is much different from the modern western civilization style of printmaking. In western civilization they spread the ink with rollers but in Japan they use brushes to
spread the ink.










Hasui Moonlit








Katshushika Hokusai
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