Colorful impressions : the printmaking revolution in eighteenth-century France /
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| Corporate author / creator: | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art, c2003. |
| Description: | x, 185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5156558 |
| Summary: | One of the most glorious and creative periods in the history of colour printmaking occurred in 18th-century France. Newly invented engraving and etching techniques were combined with new ways of printing a single image from multiple plates, allowing printmakers to replicate a broad palette of colours using variants of only four: blue, red, yellow and black. The resulting prints were so believable that they were often called printed paintings and engraved drawings. familiar to scholars and collectors, but the artists whose compositions they copied include some of the greatest talents of the period - Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard and Boilly all feature, along with many others. is a useful addition to the literature on this topic. Reproducing all the featured prints in colour, the images are supported by a range of scholarly essays. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition of prints organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2003-Feb.16, 2004, in part from its own collection. "In association with Lund Humphries." |
| Physical Description: | x, 185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0853318921 0894683098 |
