Commercial color printing techniques on paper: the material appeal of chromolithography and risography as collectible printed ephemera

• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Helena de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Arume, Igor
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pós (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/25859
• topic: impressos; coleções; aura; cromolitografia; risografia; printed matter; collections; aura; chromolithography; risography; impresos; colecciones; aura; cromolitografía; risografía

Despite the vaunted "death of the print" with digital media, this article investigates material aspects where printing on paper, more specifically in so-called ephemeral printed matter, still has a differentiated power of significance. This investigation is based on the material analysis of commercial color printing techniques on paper that are distinguished from mass printing techniques – more specifically chromolithography in the 19th century, and risography today – occupying different territories in the universe of collectibles: the guard of historical heritage by public institutions, and the affirmation of style and identity in the self-publications of young artists and designers. The differences in the appreciation of these printed materials through digital media or direct contact with paper samples are also discussed.