| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | eau-forte | | English translation: | etching |
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Art/Literary - unspecified | | French term or phrase: eau-forte | | une eau forte est une reproduction de gravure, imprimee selon une technique particuliere. |
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| | etching | Explanation:
eau forte, literally strong water, is acid used to attack the metal of a plate. The metal could be exposed by scribing it with a burin or, more likely here, with light from a photo process, or from a wax or carbon contact copy. |
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Explanation:
eau forte, literally strong water, is acid used to attack the metal of a plate. The metal could be exposed by scribing it with a burin or, more likely here, with light from a photo process, or from a wax or carbon contact copy.
| | | Grading comment | Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse, ainsi que pour l'explication ; j'étais un peu perdue pour la traduction. |
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