Aquatinta
aquatint (tonal etching technique)
noun ah-kvah-TIN-tah Rare
Origin: from Italian acqua tinta, tinted water
Usage Note
Aquatinta is an intaglio printmaking technique that produces tonal areas rather than lines, by etching a plate through a resin ground. Goya used Aquatinta extensively in his Caprichos. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Die weichen Grautöne des Blattes entstanden durch eine Aquatinta-Technik."
Natural Translation
The soft grey tones of the print were created using an aquatint technique.
Literal Translation
The soft grey-tones of the sheet arose through an aquatint technique.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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