What is the earliest form of intaglio printmaking?

a. silkscreen
b. etching
c. woodcut
d. lithography
e. engraving


e. engraving

a. Incorrect. Silkscreen, invented fairly recently, is not a form of intaglio.
b. Incorrect. While etching is a form of intaglio, it is not the earliest form.
c. Incorrect. While woodcutting is the earliest form of printmaking, it is not an intaglio technique.
d. Incorrect. Lithography is not a form of intaglio printmaking.
e. Correct. Becoming popular with the rising accessibility of paper, engraving is the earliest form of intaglio printmaking.

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