The difference between prints and art reproductions

July 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Sometimes when we are going to choose some art for our home, we find that there are too many terms that used to define different art pieces whicl often makes us confused. Such as art prints and art reproductions.

Art print is a finished work which was created by means of a transfer of ink from a matrix (or master) onto a chosen surface. The matrix can be many things depending on the print type, a carved woodblock, a prepared screen, an etched metal plate and countless others. The final image can also be printed upon many different surfaces; high qulaity papers are the most common. Prints usually come in editions, and will be numbered and signed by the artist. Printmakers create their work with the intent of multiples, it is the nature of printmaking as an art form; this differs from drawings and paintings of which there is only one final piece.

Unlike art prints, an art reproduction is totolly different, it is a mechanical reproduction of a finished art piece. In the very simplest terms, if you were to head to the local museum and purchase a poster of The starry night you would have just purchased an art reproduction! Art reproductions can vary in quality however, from posters to high quality archival images printed on canvas! Giclée prints, for example are very high quality inkjet printouts onto high quality art papers or even canvas! Artists often utilize this process to produce limited editions of their already completed 2 dimensional works.

Oil painting reproductions however are also one among art reproductions, but it is handmade oil paintings on canvas, reproduce famous paintings by professional artists. Canvas art is now getting more and more popular in home decor because of their great quality and affordable price.

There is yet make people more confusin about what is print and what is a reproduction because of the apperance of high quality home inkjet printers. Digital art, for example, would seem to be a reproduction as it is produced from an inkjet printer but actually it is not that simple! If an image is scanned as is, and printed from an inkjet printer it is indeed a reproduction, however if an image was altered or created on a computer with the intent of printing it out onto paper as the ‘final work’ then it is an original (digital) art print.

Anyway, the criteria is very simple, if the final finished image wat intended to be realized only once printed, then it is an art print. Art reproduction is a mechanical reproduction of a work that was already finished via other means. By the above information, I am sure it would be very easy for you to distinguish art prints and art reproductions.

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