The Print Before Photography: An Introduction to European Printmaking 1550-1820 - Couverture rigide

Griffiths, Antony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714126950 ISBN 13 : 9780714126951

Editeur : British Museum Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Print Before Photography, 9780714126951

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Between 1991 and 2010, Antony Griffiths was deputy keeper, then keeper, of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. In 1984 he co-founded Print Quarterly, a journal dedicated to the art of the print. He was appointed a fellow of the British Academy in 2000. He has published widely on the subject.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A landmark publication that catalogues the history and development of the printed image.

Gutenberg's invention of moveable type made it possible to print letters. But images could only be printed using two other technologies that were developed alongside letterpress. One depended on wooden blocks which were cut and printed in relief, the other on copper plates into which lines were cut by engraving or etching and were printed on a rolling press.

Copper-plate printmaking developed into a huge business employing thousands of people, and dominated image production for nearly four centuries across the whole of Europe. Its processes remained very stable, and a man of 1500 could have walked into a printing shop of 1800 and understood what was going on. During the nineteenth century this world was displaced by new technologies, of which photography was by far the most important.

• This is a landmark publication and is destined to become the leading reference book for all students and scholars of prints, the author's aim is also to open up the subject for a wider readership
• Over 300 illustrations drawn from the British Museum's outstanding collection of prints. The British Museum houses the national collection of Western prints and drawings

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Museum Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714126950
• ISBN 13: 9780714126951
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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