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Graphic Materials
Graphic Materials
Graphic Materials
Graphic materials are defined as
documents in the form of pictures,
photographs, drawings, watercolours,
prints, and other forms of two-
dimensional pictorial representations.
The rules cover the description of
most two-dimensional graphic
materials, whether intended to be
viewed by reflected or transmitted
light.
• Those more familiar with library cataloging will find
differences between the documentation of graphic
materials and the description of books and other
printed or published library materials. For example,
original or noncommercial graphic works are generally
considered to be unique, though they frequently exist
in multiple copies. Even if published, they lack much of
the explicit information characterizing books and
book-like materials. Furthermore, most collections of
graphic items are unique because, as collections, they
have never been published.
Original Art
“Original” quite simply means a unique one-off
piece or small edition hand-pulled print from the
artists own hand i.e an oil, acrylic, watercolor
painting, etching or a drawing (i.e. not a machine
driven process like a giclee).
This term “original” however gets a little
complicated when we get to the world of prints.
An “Original Fine” print means pulled from the
copper plate, lithographic stone or woodcut that
the artist carved, etched or drew or carved
into him/herself”.
The Spoliarium
By Juan Luna
Art Reproduction
After each edition is printed, each print is
numbered and signed in pencil beneath
the image. A giclee or a reproduction is a
COPY of an original artwork. The original
art work is photographed and reproduced
by an offset press in the past, but now
done with inks on large format printers.
They should be marked as giclee or
reproductions or posters.
Film Strip
- a length of film containing still photographs,
often of illustrations, diagrams, charts, etc.,
arranged in sequence for projection separately
and used as a teaching aid