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Art versus technical engraving
A technical engraver can cut perfect scrolls and lay them out on a given object to fit in its borders. An artistic engraver can use the scrolls to create a design or enhance a design present in the shape or materials used in the overall object. I think this a perfect illustration of the two. A technical engraver could have done any of the scrolls inside to perfection*. Only an artistic engraver could have put them together in this equine extravaganza.
http://www.virtuelles-kupferstichkabinett.de/zoomed.php?signatur=13399
* if I wanted to be be picky, I could say that some of the scrolls ARE a bit wonky, but this was intentional too, to help give more of a feel of the muscular composition of the horse.
A technical engraver can cut perfect scrolls and lay them out on a given object to fit in its borders. An artistic engraver can use the scrolls to create a design or enhance a design present in the shape or materials used in the overall object. I think this a perfect illustration of the two. A technical engraver could have done any of the scrolls inside to perfection*. Only an artistic engraver could have put them together in this equine extravaganza.
http://www.virtuelles-kupferstichkabinett.de/zoomed.php?signatur=13399
* if I wanted to be be picky, I could say that some of the scrolls ARE a bit wonky, but this was intentional too, to help give more of a feel of the muscular composition of the horse.
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