Overview
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.
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