Engraving. An illustration made by cutting or incising lines into a surface (usually wood or metal) with a sharp tool called 'engraver', inking the surface, and then printing it. It may also refer the process of creating such an illustration.

"Knight Death and the Devil" (1514) Albrecht Dürer

Related Terms: Intaglio, Etching, Lithography, Serigraphy.

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