Posted inGlossary
Carbon Prints
A carbon print is a photographic print with an image consisting of pigmented gelatin, rather than silver or other metallic particles suspended in a uniform layer of gelatin, as in…
Posted inGlossary
Sepia-toned
Sepia-toned. Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown. The color is now often associated with antique photographs. Most photo…
Posted inGlossary Photographs
Gelatin Silver Prints
Gelatin Silver Prints. The gelatin silver process is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography, and is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography. As such,…
Posted inGlossary
Wove Paper
Wove paper is defined as a paper having a cloth-like appearance when viewed by transmitted light (Roberts & Etherington, 1982, p. 284). In handmade paper, the finely woven wires in…
Posted inGlossary
Lithograph
A lithograph is a print which was originally created from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by German author…
Posted inGlossary
Belle Epoque
The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (French: [bɛlepɔk]; French for "Beautiful Epoch") was a period of French and Western history. It is conventionally dated from the end of the…
Posted inGlossary
Photogravure
Photogravure, also known as heliogravure, is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive…
