版画艺术是用版作为媒介物所制作的绘画,而非国画、油画那样直接描绘的“间接艺术”。铜版画是版画的一种,创作者在金属铜或锌板上将心中构想通过制版技法制作出来,然后经过铜版印刷机印刷而得的艺术作品,就称之为“铜版画”。(图一) Print art is a painting made with a version of the medium, rather than “indirect art,” as it is directly portrayed by Chinese painting and oil painting. Copper engraving is a kind of engraving. The artist creates the artwork on the metal copper or zinc plate through the plate making technique, and then works through the copperplate printing machine to call it “copper engraving.” (Figure 1)