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Calligraphy
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Beautiful or expert handwriting. |
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Cancelled Plate
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A printing element (plate or block) which has been defaced, making it impossible to produce perfect images. |
Cancellation Proof
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A print pulled after a printing element is defaced to prove the cancellation of the edition. |
Caricature
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The deliberately distorted picturing or imitating of a person, literary style, etc. by exaggerating features or mannerisms for satirical effect. |
Cartoons
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In fresco or mural painting, the scale drawing or sketches made in preparation for transferring or copying to walls. (see also Caricature) |
Cast Paper
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Paper made by pressing pulp into a plate or matrix to create a work of art in and of itself. |
Certification
Certificate |
A form of documentation of the authenticity of a work of art. |
Chalk
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A compacted powder in stick form used for coloring and drawing. |
Chop Mark
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Printer's seal. (see Blind Stamp) |
Chromolithograph
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A method of producing a color lithograph by using a series of stone or metal plates having different portions of the pictures drawn upon them with inks of various colors. The process is not generally used today. |
Cliché Verre
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A photographic print produced from a hand-drawn negative. |
Closed Edition
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A special private edition. |
Cockle
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A wrinkle or pucker in paper. |
Collector
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A person that gathers or accumulates works of art. |
Collector Value
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Appraised value. |
Collagraph
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A work of art produced by the inking of any combination or collage of materials and / or objects which form the plate for printing. |
Collotype
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A continuous tone photomechanical process characterized by its ability to reproduce varying tonal ranges. |
Color Proof
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In offset lithography, the initial trial proof used to check the fidelity to the printed image. |
Colors
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The colors of dyes, pigments, etc. that impart color to an image. |
Color Separation
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In photography and photoengraving, the recording on different negatives, by the use of color filters, of the parts of a picture to be printed in each color. |
Commissioned Edition
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see Personal Commission |
Continuous Tone |
Copies with infinite gradations of tones between the lightest and densest areas. An example of continuous tone copy is an original photograph. |
Continuous Tone Separations |
Films made without the use of screens. |
Contrast |
The term used to describe the variations in color and shading. |
Copper |
The traditional material used to make plates for etching and engraving. |
Copy |
The reproduction or duplication, generally in a multiple edition. |
Copyright |
The exclusive rights to the image of a work of art for publication, production and / or sale of the rights to such work of art and to provide protection from unautherized reproduction. |
Cotton Linters |
The cotton fibers used in the the manufacture of '100% Rag' papers and boards. |
Cropping |
The cutting away or deleting of a portion of an image. |
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