Proof
A printing term applied to all individual impressions made before work on a printing plate or block is completed, in order to check progress of the image. Also referred to as 'trial proof' or 'colour trial proof'.
Proof
Impression from composed type or blocks; taken for checking and correction; from a lithographic plate to check accuracy of layout; type matter; tone and colour reproduction.
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proof A trial impression of a print, made before the final edition is run, so that it may be examined and, if necessary, corrected.
proof - In graphic arts, a preliminary print that is examined for quality control before final printing is done.
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Reproof. A reproof may mean several different things, depending on what the artist intented to say. Some possibilities are: 1. that an original piece has been reworked so as to eliminate what was considered to be faulty. 2.
Print Proof Types:
Proofs are prints authorized by the artist in addition to the limited signed and numbered edition. The total size of an art edition consists of the signed and numbered prints plus all outstanding proofs.
bleed-proof - Describes inks and paints that will not spread when wetted with water.
Also see bleed, fugitive colors, permanent pigment, polymer clay, solvent, and water-soluble.
Trial Proof - Pre-cursor to a limited edition series, these initial prints are pulled so that the artist may examine, refine and perfect the prints to the desired final state. Trial proofs are generally not signed.
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Artist Proof or A/P
Common practice is that 10 to 15 percent of an edition is reserved for the artist.
Artist Proof
Copies of a limited edition print that are signed. Originally, artist proofs or APs were the first copies printed used to indicate the artist's approval of colour reproduction and other mechanical aspects of the printing process.
UNIQUE PROOF - In hand-pulled print editions signifies an artist proof that has been hand-embellished in some manner.
VALUE - 1) The degree of lightness or darkness of a hue. 2) The general degree of lightness or darkness of a surface.
Artists Proof
A small group of outstanding prints for the artists use which have been set aside from the edition prints.
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Artists Proof
An old tradition of reserving a quantity of prints for the artist's use, usually equal to about 10% of the edition. In the early days of printing, these prints were the only remuneration the poor artist received.
Artist Proof: Additional proofs from a print run that are not included in the regular edition. These prints are pulled for the artist approval and for personal use.
Proof of transition from female to male descent of the totem appears to be positive in some tribes of the south of South Australia. Among them each person inherits his mother's totem, and may not marry a woman of the same.
Artist Proof
A signed and numbered print bearing the
pencil-written initials A/P. Artist proofs are
identical to their S/N counterparts, with the
exception that there are fewer A/Ps, thus
making them more desireable to collectors.
Artist Proofs
Prints created by a print publisher for the artist to review and work with the publisher to make any necessary adjustments to coloring, tone, darkness, etc., before the numbered edition prints are printed.
ARTISTS PROOF; term used to distinguish small number of perfect example prints from an edition. Usually extra 10% not included in the total number in a limited edition. Usually property of the artist and numbered in Roman numerals.
Artists Proof: A numbered print which are not part of the limited edition. Usually these prints are signed "Artist Proof" or "AP" with the generally accepted edition size not to exceed ten percent of the regular limited edition size.
Artist's Proofs - In offset reproductions, artist's proofs are additional prints not included in, but of the same quality as, the regular edition.
Artist's Proof
An Artist's Proof is one outside the regular edition, but printed at the same time or after the regular edition from the same plates without changes. By custom, the artist retains the A/Ps for his personal use or sale.
Artist's proof: Print made for the artist's own purposes. signed , AlP' and not numbered. Usually among the first 'pulls' off the plates, before a numbered limited edition is printed.
artist's proof
Originally, an artist's proof was one of the first "pulls" from a series of limited edition prints. It was intended to be given to the artist by the printer for evaluation.
Artist's Proof - (This may be penciled in at the bottom of a print as A/P) Prints outside the standard edition which are intended for the artist's own private collection and use as part of the original artist-publisher agreement.
Artist's proof One of a small group of prints set aside from the edition for the artist's use; a number of printer's proofs are sometimes also done for the printer's use.
Artist's proof
A specified number of prints from the first run of a negative that are reserved for the artist's personal use.
Artist's Proof
A copy or reproduction that is outside the numbered copies of the limited edition but may be numbered with the prefix AP.
Cancellation Proof - Proof from a defaced or marked plate, block, or stone to indicate the end of an edition.
Discovery and Proof of the True Cross
This is one of Piero's most complex and monumental compositions.
Discovery and Proof of True Cross (Left) (1466)
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artist's proof - print authorized and retained by the artist in addition to a limited signed and numbered edition; 'AP 8/20' identifies the eighth in a set of twenty prints authorized as artist proofs
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GLAZE: a glass-like coating that makes ceramics waterproof
GLUE: a jelly-like protein substance used for sticking things together
GOUACHE: thick, water-based paints
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Artists also use metal and ceramic palettes, glass-topped tables, and for outside work with oils there are disposable greaseproof-paper blocks available, which allow a sheet to be torn off and discarded with the colour remnants.
The important consequence of these demands was the development of the fireproof steel frame.
Printmaking, or graphic arts "designates all processes for the production of multiple-proof pictures on paper on a handmade basis, the work being done either wholly or in most part by the original artist, and editions limited.
It is shellac that makes the ink waterproof when dry. I discovered this by accident. I once applied shellac to a work done in India Ink and it dissolved the ink. Further research revealed that ink contains shellac.
into mathematical proofs. His treatise starts like any mathematics book in the vein of Euclid: he defines the point as 'essere una costa tanto picholina quanto e possible ad ochio comprendere' (being the tiniest thing that is possible for the eye to ...
Constructivism may refer to:Constructivist epistemology, the philosophical viewConstructivism in international relationsConstructivism (mathematics), a view on mathematical proofsConstructivism (art), ...
Fresco is wall paint in which limeproof pigments are mixed with water and applied to lime plaster that is still wet. The plaster serves both as ground and binder.
As proof they cited repeated references in Witness literature to the Hebrew Scriptures and to prophets and patriarchs of Jewish origin. They pointed to references that denounced both the pogroms against Jews and the "Christians" who incited them.
In the case of an acrylic painting moisture-retaining palette, water seeps from the damp sheet of watercolor paper (the water reservoir) through a sheet of grease-proof paper (the semi-permeable membrane) to the acrylic paint on top of the ...
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Our museums are proof of this with artifacts portraying gods, dragons, evil demons, spirits, ghosts, forces of nature, angels, aliens, and heroic immortals. Fantasy art is a mixture of imagination and direct observation of reality.
It is crucial to the proof that Lewis's theory entails that this property is intrinsic that the quantifiers in the theory are possibilist.
Pigments that run into an adjoining area or up through coats of paint, usually undesirably (see bleeding through and bleed-proof). A fuzziness or spreading at the edges of a painted area.
He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe."
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His witches' sabbaths where babies and foetuses are roasted are not proof that he assumed, even unconsciously, that all women would rather eat than feed children.
Terra-cotta - A hard semi-fired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and in building construction. Used for lightweight support in the domes of Armenian churches.
Edition
Number of prints made from an original. This number generally does not include any artist proofs or any special editions.
Enamel
When painting, used upon a ground of metal, porcelain, the colors afterward being fixed by fire ...
To become a Master, a painter had to submit a 'master-piece' to the guild as proof of competence. Guild officers supervised the number of apprentices, work conditions, and also materials (they bought in bulk, chose panels to work on).
Pottery: a form of ceramic technology, where wet clays are shaped and dried, then fired to harden them and make them waterproof.
Paranoia uses the external world in order to assert itsdominating idea and has the disturbing characteristic of making othersaccept this idea's reality. The reality of the external world is usedfor illustration and proof, ...
In the making of paper, a translucent design impressed on it when still moist by a metal pattern, and visible when the paper is held before light (back-lit). In digital imaging, bits altered within an image to create a pattern which indicates proof ...
The number of prints possible with drypoint is very small, about 30 or so. The proof number is therefore more significant in drypoint than any other form of printing. Some of the best works ever done in drypoint were executed by Rembrandt.
Armenian rugs, renowned in the remote Middle - Ages and even earlier, are proof of the fact that the Armenian people have played a most important role in the creation, development and perfection of rug making, ...
about 15 microns in size which is four times smaller than a human hair. The microscopic jet-stream spray is applied simultaneously to the paper and is controlled by a crystal frequency. The print is then coated with up to 15 layers of waterproof U.V.
 See also: Painting, Movement, Expression, Plate, Composition
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