Artotypy

/ˌɑːr.toʊˈtɪp.i/ noun

Definition

A process or technique of artistic printing or reproduction, creating impressions or artworks through specialized methods.

Etymology

From Greek 'artos' (bread) + 'typos' (impression/type) + '-y' (process/condition). The term describes artistic printing methodologies, possibly including early photographic techniques.

Kelly Says

Artotypy sits in that twilight zone of lost printing technologies—named with Greek poetry by inventors who hoped their methods would change art forever, but were swept aside by better innovations.

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