The stage of printmaking
Printmaking has gone through two stages in history, from copying to creation. In early printmaking, painters, sculptors and printers cooperated with each other, and sculptors only carved plates according to drawings, which was called copying printmaking. Later, painting and sculpture were done by a printmaker, who was able to give full play to his artistic creativity. This kind of printmaking is called creating printmaking. China has copied woodcut prints for thousands of years, and his print creation began in 1930s, initiated by Lu Xun, and has made great progress. In the west, in the 6th century/kloc-A.D., Diu Lei copied ink painting with copperplate and woodcut. /kloc-In the 0/7th century, Rembrandt developed copperplate prints from engraving to etching, and entered the stage of print creation. Woodblock prints entered the stage of print creation in the19th century.