An artistic or printing technique that uses stone, chalk, or limestone as the surface for drawing, engraving, or printing images.
From French 'calcographie,' combining 'calc-' (chalk, from Latin 'calx') + '-graphy' (writing, description). Developed as a named technique in the 1600s.
Calcography is basically what lithography evolved from—artists realized that chalk and certain stones had special properties that made them perfect for holding ink in exactly the right places!
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.