Prints

Here I am just starting to teach myself (and you, if you are interested?) about the various types of prints and the techniques of printmaking.  The four major classes of prints are --

(1) Relief (raised);   
(2) Intaglio (recessed);
(3) Planography (level);
(4) Serigraphy (stencil)

A good place to start learning is at ArtLex, which has a general article on prints and printmaking and individual articles on the four main classes, as well as some of the sub-classes --

(1) Relief --
            - Woodcut; Wood engraving;
            - Linoleum cut (linocut). 
            - See also Block printing
(2) Intaglio --
            - Engraving; Mezzotint
            - Etching; Aquatint
(3) Planography -- Lithograph
(4) Serigraphy -- Silkscreen

Combinations --
        Aquatint mezzotint

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Printmaking techniques: Illustrative image maps -- 

(1) Relief -- Woodcut;  Chiaroscuro woodcut; Wood engraving; 

(2) Intaglio --

Engraving; Reproductive engraving;

Etching (line); Etching (stipple); Color etching printed a la           poupee; Aquatint;

Drypoint

Mezzotint

(3) Planography -- Lithograph; Chromolithograph

Also: Etching and embossing

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What is a print?, MOMA site;  animated demonstrations of --

(1) Woodcut (relief);
(2) Etching (intaglio); 
(3) Lithograph (planography); and 
(4) Screenprint (serigraphy)

A summary and glossary of terms.   

A chronological treatment of the various types of prints.