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charchew

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In the 1790s German playwright Alois Senefelder accidently discovered a printmaking process. Which process was it, and under what circumstances did he discover it?
 
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Which form of printmaking was particularly favored by the German Expressionist artists and what qualities of the woodcut technique might have appealed to them?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: He discovered lithography when he tried to save the cost of paper by writing on stone and he saw that he could etch on the stone and print his etched image.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The German Expressionists employed the woodcut print, which enabled them to create a jagged rawness to the forms by gouging roughly into the wood block.


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