the process of creating pictures or designs by printing them from specially prepared plates or blocks 版画:通过从特殊准备的印版或图块上进行打印来创建图片或设计的过程 Until the mid-nineteenth century, the art of printmaking was used primarily to reproduce existing works of art in print. 直到十九世纪中叶,版画艺术主要用于复制现有的艺术作品。