ENGRAVINGS

The engraving, as the printing technology for the production of printing and art products, can be used as Auskratzform, pressure or Schnitzereidruck respectively. The wood, metal or stone slabs on which this technique is applied, with different methods (Auskratzung by hand or use of acids) edited and then coated with ink. Then the plate clean, with only the ink is left in the wells and thereby resulting images are printed on paper using. Since its formation after 15 Century, the art engraving artists a wide application and could develop quickly. Heutzutrage benefit many of the artists in their artistic engraving printing of this technology. By the end of the 19th Century, the engraving on the printing for a quality reproduction of the books used to print photos. As printing technology today is in the form of photo engraving or intaglio printing.

1st Travelogues and travel albums

The generally scattered in the travel descriptions engravings were depicted in some works as a separate volume or pressure as the stone album.

2nd Magazines and yearbooks

In qualitative magazines of the western world have been reports, especially news of the Ottoman Empire with engravings enriched. At the time of the Crimean War in the years 1854-1856 and the Russian-Turkish war in the years 1877-1878 have been many reports of Istanbul, the daily life in Istanbul and other cities of the Ottoman Empire in these journals. In these journals, for example in Paris published "L'Illustration" and the London published "The illustrated London News" and "The graphic. In addition, two quality modern Greek magazines listed are published in Leipzig "Hesperos," particularly notable included engravings of Istanbul, and published in London "He brettanikos aster. Also in Istanbul issued "Servet-i Fünun" with its stone engravings and printing images to be counted.

3rd Works on particular subjects

Among these works is mainly publications on the Ottoman Empire historical and social content. By way of example, Mouradgea d'Ohssons "Tableau de l'Empire General Othoman," Dimitri Kantemirs "The history of the growth and decay of the Ottoman Empire," the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 years thematisierenden "Cassell's illustrated history of the Russo-Turkish war "and" Russed et Turcs: la guerre d'Orient ".