Word: aquatint
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Goya's skill as a graphic artist was supreme--second only to his vivid imagination. He used an etched line and aquatint--a way of treating a plate with a grainy gum that results in variations in shade. With light and shade he highlights the horror of a hanged man's eyes or the sleazy expression of a prostitute's lips...
Stylistically, Picasso runs the gamut from the murky chiaroscuro of Rembrandt to a spidery line that Steinberg could be proud of. Technically, the prints are a virtuoso performance in which the artist often combines various techniques-etching, aquatint, drypoint-on the same plate...
...Cottrell considers the folio, which contains 435 hand-colored plates, an excellent example of the art of aquatint. In 1833 a group of faculty members bought a 87-part subscription to the book. Mr. Cottrell estimates "that a set might now be worth at least...
...Picasso's 31 illustrations, on exhibition in Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art last week, proved again his capacity for contradicting himself and making it stick. All 31 etchings (reinforced with aquatint) were reasonably naturalistic and most of them were minor masterpieces as well...
...important gift from Philip Hofer '21 of Cleveland includes rare and beautiful etchings of Gaya, his "Caprichos", "Proverbios", and "Tauromaquia" in early editions, which well show the artist's skill in satire, delightfully portrayed by a combination of etchings and aquatint. There are also two works of Antonio Canal which are characteristic of his brilliant handling of sunlight and atmospheric effect...