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The 49 pages that link to Lithography, each with the reason it gives.

• Printing pressCompared with: It expanded image printing beyond the raised surfaces used by letterpress.

• PrintmakingBroader topic: Invented in the late eighteenth century, it expanded printmaking beyond incised and carved matrices.

• IllustrationRelated: Lithography made expressive, repeatable images possible for illustrated publications.

• Offset printingNarrower topic: Offset printing adapts lithography by transferring the plate image through a rubber blanket.

• Solnhofen limestoneRelated: Solnhofen limestone became a standard surface for this printing method.

• Relief printingCompared with: Unlike relief printing, lithography prints from a flat surface.

• Wood engravingCompared with: Lithography prints from a flat surface rather than carved relief.

• Henri de Toulouse-LautrecNarrower topic: It let Toulouse-Lautrec draw directly on stones and reproduce posters in color.

• Francisco GoyaRelated: Goya used the medium in his late series The Bulls of Bordeaux.

• The ScreamRelated: Munch used lithography to reproduce the composition as prints.

• John James AudubonRelated: Lithography reproduced many of Audubon’s drawings for publication.

• Book illustrationRelated: Lithography enabled artists to draw directly on stones or plates for book reproduction.

• Calcium fluorideRelated: Calcium fluoride lenses have been used in deep-ultraviolet lithography systems.

• ChromolithographyNarrower topic: Chromolithography extends this flat-surface process by assigning different colors to separate impressions.

• Edvard MunchRelated: Munch used lithography to reproduce and vary compositions such as The Scream.

• Music printingRelated: It later enabled music to be drawn directly onto a printable surface.

• Natural history illustrationRelated: Lithography enabled detailed natural history images to be reproduced in books.

• Political posterRelated: Lithography made colorful, large-format posters easier to produce in quantity.

• Art reproductionBroader topic: Lithography enabled relatively faithful, economical image copies from drawn designs.

• Chinese woodblock printingCompared with: Its flat printing surface differs from the raised image and text of carved blocks.

• Commercial artRelated: Lithography made vivid, repeatable illustrated posters practical for commercial promotion.

• EngravingCompared with: It prints from a flat surface instead of recessed engraved lines.

• Honoré DaumierNarrower topic: This process made Daumier’s sharply drawn images reproducible for newspaper audiences.

• M. C. EscherRelated: Escher used lithography to produce many of his large, detailed compositions.

• AquatintCompared with: Lithography draws on a flat stone or plate rather than acid-bitten aquatint recesses.

• John GouldRelated: Lithography enabled the production of his detailed, repeatable bird illustrations.

• Käthe KollwitzRelated: Lithography let Kollwitz draw directly into prints with the immediacy of charcoal or crayon.

• NastaliqRelated: Lithographic printing reproduced the fluidity of handwritten Nastaliq in South Asia.

• Qajar artRelated: It helped circulate illustrated books and prints in nineteenth-century Iran.

• Max BeckmannRelated: Beckmann used lithography to produce prints with bold contours and compressed forms.

• Théodore GéricaultNarrower topic: Géricault used this medium for vivid images of horses, soldiers, and street life.

• Alphonse MuchaRelated: Color lithography enabled the richly layered posters that made Mucha famous.

• At the Moulin RougeNarrower topic: Toulouse-Lautrec used lithography to circulate images of performers beyond the nightclub.

• Odilon RedonRelated: Redon used lithography to multiply his fantastical images while preserving expressive tonal effects.

• Raja Ravi VarmaRelated: Lithography made color reproductions of Varma's compositions possible.

• Rodolphe TöpfferNarrower topic: Lithography made it practical to print Töpffer’s drawings and text together.

• Kalighat paintingRelated: Printed images competed with hand-painted sheets as affordable pictures for temple visitors.

• Kunstformen der NaturRelated: Lithography made the plates’ fine lines and tonal detail reproducible.

• La GoulueRelated: Toulouse-Lautrec’s lithographs spread La Goulue’s image beyond the cabaret.

• Adolph MenzelRelated: Menzel mastered this medium early, producing illustrations and prints with unusually varied marks.

• Beat the Whites with the Red WedgeRelated: Lithography enabled the image to circulate as a reproducible political print.

• Drowning GirlRelated: The painting imitates the flat, reproducible look of printed comic art.

• History of PrintingRelated: Its planographic method enabled new forms of illustration and commercial printing.

• Pavel SchillingRelated: Schilling introduced the process to Russia and helped establish its local use.

• History of graphic designRelated: It enabled expressive printed images and color posters in the nineteenth century.

• Polish School of PostersRelated: Lithographic printing enabled the rich colors and painterly marks associated with many Polish posters.

• R. C. GormanRelated: Gorman produced prints as well as paintings and sculpture.

• Reproduction (art and printing)Broader topic: Lithography reproduces drawings without cutting their lines into a plate.

• StationeryRelated: It enabled economical printing of stationery designs and letterheads.