Intaglio engraving is the process of engraving where the drawing image is position below the flat printing surface. <u>Artists draw the image on the plate by engraving it. Sunken points are the ones holding the ink. </u>The plates used are flat and are usually out of copper metal.<u> The techniques which are under the intaglio engraving are</u> etching, drypoint, aquatint, and mezzotint – all have the same process, with different materials and details.
This is the opposite process from <u>relief printing</u>. In it, t<u>he image is created again by drawing on the flat surface, but drawing the blank areas</u> – the ink is put on the raised surface and printed on the paper <u>like a stamp</u>. This is the older printing method. It includes few techniques.<u> One of the relief printing techniques is linocut. </u>
strophic: a vocal form consisting of several phrases. The musical form is repeated using different verses of text, as in a hymn or folksong. modified strophic: simply means that the repetitions of the sections are varied slightly, but not so much
