Distinguished Images: Prints in the Visual Economy of Nineteenth-Century France: Prints and the Visual Economy in Nineteenth-Century France - Rilegato

Bann, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0300177275 ISBN 13: 9780300177275

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

This multifaceted book reviews the vast range of types of printmaking that flourished in France during the 19th century. Studies of this period’s printmaking tend to be confined to histories of individual processes, such as lithography or steel engraving. This study surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall “visual economy.”

Lithography, etching, and engraving are all examined through new research on noteworthy artists of the period, including Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte, Léopold Flameng, Ferdinand Gaillard, Aimé de Lemud, Nadar, and Charles Waltner. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, Distinguished Images reconstitutes the period’s cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. The result is the most original analysis of printmaking to appear in many years—a striking new account of a system in which printmaking, printmakers, and art critics played heretofore unrecognized or misunderstood roles.

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L'autore

Stephen Bann is emeritus professor and senior research fellow, Bristol University, United Kingdom.

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Book by Bann Stephen

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300177275
• ISBN 13: 9780300177275
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 264