Etchings: A History

By Susan Lambert

This captivating visual history of etching celebrates the versatility of the printmaking technique--including aquatint and photoetching--through the work of artists such as Du]rer, Rembrandt, Elisabeth Frink, David Hockney, and Chris Ofili. The diverse uses of etched images over the centuries--in applied craftwork, for political caricature, and to address contemporary issues of cultural diversity and climate change--reveal our shifting perceptions of the medium.

From its sixteenth-century origins to its development as an expressive artistic practice in the twentieth-and twenty-first centuries, etching continues to be an image-making technique of powerful relevance today.

This is the third title in the V&A Printmaking series, following Screenprints and Linocuts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGBTCQH1
• ISBN13: 9780500481134
• Release Date: May 2027
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 272 Pages