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

Griffiths, Antony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714126950 ISBN 13: 9780714126951

Verlag: British Museum Press, 2016

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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.

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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.

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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

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• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0714126950
• ISBN 13: 9780714126951
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 560
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