Art Terms

Serigraph
Serigraphy (also referred to as 'silkscreen' or 'screen-print') is defined as an original color print made by pressing pigment (with a squeegee) through a "silk" screen stencil; in this case a non photographic hand painted stencil.

Stippling
Stipple may be defined as the application of dots and flecks instead of lines as the ink-retaining hollows in copper plate intaglio printing. By varying the size and proximity of the dots it was possible to achieve the most delicate gradations of tone. The obvious reason for its enthusiastic acceptance was the new importance that the 18th century gave to the drawings as distinct from paintings of such fashionable artists as Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard.

Tirage
A formal document that provides background information on the graphic edition such as edition size, printer, technique, year of execution.

Trompe L´oeil (Tromp´- loy)
A French term meaning "deception of the eye." A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality. It may fool the viewer into thinking that the objects or scene are in fact real, rather than painted.