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The Woodcut in Fifteenth-century Europe (Studies in the History of Art Series, National Gallerly of Art, Washington) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Woodcut in Fifteenth-century EuropeDeals with the earliest manifestations of printing in various aspects: technical experimentation, the complex relation of printed books to printed images, individual and institutional patronage, iconographies, religious propaganda, and the wide variety of private and public ways in which printed images were first employed.
Full description- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Published: 27 October 2009
- Format: Hardback 352 pages
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- Categories: Art History | Art History: Byzantine & Medieval c 500 CE to c 1400 | Prints | Art Techniques & Principles
- ISBN 13: 9780300121636 ISBN 10: 0300121636
- Sales rank: 736,680
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Full description for The Woodcut in Fifteenth-century Europe
More than a generation before the invention of Gutenberg's celebrated press, the new technology of image printing emerged. In this book, a distinguished group of scholars treats the earliest manifestations of printing in all aspects: technical experimentation, the complex relation of printed books to printed images, individual and institutional patronage, new iconographies, religious propaganda, and the wide variety of private and public ways in which printed images were first employed. The essays examine the technological, social, political, religious, personal, and institutional contexts of fifteenth-century woodcuts and challenge many assumptions about the phenomenon of early printing, including the beginnings of printing on cloth, the significance of monastic production, the development of book printing and book illustration, and the extent to which printing can or should be termed a 'revolution'.
