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Print Before Photography : An Introduction to European Printmaking 1550 - 1820 by Antony Griffiths (2016, Hardcover)

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Winner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. Its techniques and influence remained very stable until the nineteenth century, when this world was displaced by new technologies, of which photography was by far the most important.

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PublisherBritish Museum Press

ISBN-100714126950

ISBN-139780714126951

eBay Product ID (ePID)219244430

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Book TitlePrint before Photography : an Introduction to European Printmaking 1550-1820

Number of Pages560 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTechniques / Printmaking

Publication Year2016

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorAntony Griffiths

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight104.8 Oz

Item Length11.7 in

Item Width10 in

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ReviewsAntony Griffiths, who was Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum for 20 years from 1991 to 2011, has done something wholly admirable. After retiring and alongside delivering the Slade Lectures in Oxford, he sat down and has written an absolutely definitive book about the history of printmaking in Western Europe from its beginnings to the time that it began to be overtaken by other technologies, including lithography and photography., The sheer amount of information on offer here, conveyed in such a lucidly written and lavishly illustrated book, marks this as a pinnacle of print studies., While dealing in appropriately dry fashion with all the intricacies of production, trade and patronage, Griffiths manages to make the reader look harder at the materiality of the fine art engraving, its strange otherness as if it were a branch of sculpture rather than drawing. His magnificent book brings to an end the output of the British Museum Press, here concluding, like many a fine symphony, with a triumphant flourish.

Table Of ContentPart 1: Print production - materials and techniques / printing capacity of copper plates / costs and profitability / lettering, language and text / censorship, privileges, taxation and promotion / copying / reprinting / colouring / single sheets, pairs, sets / book illustration / survival and loss of prints Part 2: European print trade - brief history of period / participants / the printmaker / the painter, designer / publisher - finance and production and distribution / patronage / non-commercial printmaking / the printseller / marketing, advertising, subscriptions / the buyer / cheap prints, street trade and peddlars Part 3: Use and understanding of the print - variety / display and storage / collecting / knowledge and literature / understanding of prints / hierarchy of print techniques Coda - print in the 19th century - the arrival of photography

SynopsisA landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from the British Museum's renowned collection--which traces the history of printmaking from its earliest days until the arrival of photography., Winner of the 2017 IFPDA Book Award, honouring excellence in research, scholarship, and the discussion of new ideas in the field of fine prints. Copper-plate printmaking, developed alongside Gutenberg's invention of moveable type, was a huge business employing thousands of people, and dominating image production for nearly four centuries across the whole of Europe. Its techniques and influence remained very stable until the nineteenth century, when this world was displaced by new technologies, of which photography was by far the most important. Print Before Photography examines the unrivalled importance of printmaking in its golden age, illustrated through the British Museum's outstanding collection of prints. This unique and significant book is destined to be a leading reference in print scholarship, and will be of interest to anyone with an interest in this era of art history., Winner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from the British Museum's renowned collection--which traces the history of printmaking from its earliest days until the arrival of photography. Copperplate printmaking, developed alongside Gutenberg's invention of moveable type, was a huge business employing thousands of people, and dominating image production for nearly four centuries across the whole of Europe. Its techniques and influence remained very stable until the nineteenth century, when this world was displaced by new technologies, of which photography was by far the most important. Print Before Photography examines the unrivaled importance of printmaking in its golden age, illustrated through the British Museum's outstanding collection of prints. This unique and significant book is destined to be a leading reference in print scholarship, and will be of interest to anyone with an interest in this era of art history.

LC Classification NumberNE625