版画与其它画种的区别正在于它在材料上的选择,不同的用版决定了它独特的表现功能和意味。然而就版画的本体意义而言,任何版种都不能完全划定“版画”的外延,它只是为“版画”作内涵上的补充,比如我们可以分出木版画、金属版画,石版画,丝网版画等,由其共同特性我们得出了抽象的版画概念,这就是制版、印刷。复数性。但这只是就版画的技术概念或技术过程而言的定义。从历史看,版画的定义晚于版种的发生或版画的具体技术。与中国画、油画等画种的纯绘画目的不同,版画是工业或商业的副产品:制钞技术导致了铜版画,活字印刷和民间年画制作产生了木版画,工业上的漏印技术产生了丝网版画,海报广告产生了石版画,也就是说,不同的印刷技术与材料产生了不同的版种。但是,作为一种纯绘画形式,“版画”的本体意义则在于它所独具的、任何画种无法替代的“版痕”或“印痕”——版画的魅力也正由此而生。 在以往,“版痕”或“印痕”在版画中只是作为寻求小趣味和特殊效果的手段,它们从属于作品的主导思想或 Prints and other paintings is the difference between the material in the choice of different versions of the decision of its unique performance features and means. However, as far as the ontological meaning of printmaking is concerned, no version of print can completely delineate the extension of printmaking. It merely complements the meaning of printmaking. For example, we can separate woodcut prints, metal engravings, lithographs, Screen prints, etc., by their common characteristics we have drawn the concept of abstract prints, this is the plate making, printing. Plural sex. But this is only a definition of the technological concept or technical process of printmaking. From a historical perspective, the definition of printmaking is later than the actual edition or the specific technique of printmaking. Unlike pure painting purposes, such as Chinese painting and oil painting, printmaking is a by-product of industry or commerce: banknote making has led to the creation of woodcut prints on copper engravings, movable type printing and folk New Year paintings, and screen printing on industrial leaking techniques Poster posters produced lithographs, meaning that different print technologies and materials produced different versions. However, as a form of pure painting, the ontological meaning of “printmaking” lies in its unique “printing mark” or “imprint” that is irreplaceable by any type of painting. In the past, “edition marks” or “imprints” were used only in prints as a means of seeking interests and special effects that belonged to the dominant ideology of the work or