PHOTOGRAVURE
Photogravure
Photogravure is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Photogravure
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photogravure
Noun
- An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
- A print so made.
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