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en-wikipedia-org-3026		Intaglio (printmaking) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1749	236	69	Normally, copper or in recent times zinc sheets, called plates, are used as a surface or matrix, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint or mezzotint, often in combination.[2] Collagraphs may also be printed as intaglio plates.[3] After the decline of the main relief technique of woodcut around 1550, the intaglio techniques dominated both artistic printmaking as well as most types of illustration and popular prints until the mid 19th century. Intaglio printmaking emerged in Europe well after the woodcut print, with the earliest known surviving examples being undated designs for playing cards made in Germany, using drypoint technique, probably in the late 1430s.[8] Engraving had been used by goldsmiths to decorate metalwork, including armor, musical instruments and religious objects since ancient times, and the niello technique, which involved rubbing an alloy into the lines to give a contrasting color, also goes back to late antiquity. Media related to Intaglio (printmaking) at Wikimedia Commons	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3026.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3026.txt