A portrait of the art of printmaking as a form of expression

One of the best expression format using by artists to express themselves isportrait from emerging of the art to today.Portrait -no matter the technique used- provides acquiring the historicalstructure by objectivizing the whole features of indivual on two-dimensional stage.The best feature of portrait to seperate it from other expression types is completelytransferring the whole emotions of person whose portrait drawn. Thus, it gives thechance not only to make an objective definition but also to reflect the emotionalfeatures of people.When make a detail investigation in art history, it is seen that artists don?tgive up drawing portraits, and they are still using portraits as an expression type toexpress themselves.During 20th cc, the portrait has been used by artists and in art movements asan expression type. We see that portraits as an expression type of unique pressedition present different expression types to artists. Since, the best feature of uniquepress edition to seperate it from other press editions is having a contribution tostrength expression and getting much more workings at a time.In this thesis, as giving priority to unique press edition, there is looking foranswers of questions as what is the place of portrait in art concept, and why theartists are using the portrait and unique press as an expression type.