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The Printed Picture
The Printed Picture
by Richard Benson
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The Printed Picture traces the changing technology of picture-making from the Renaissance to the present, focusing on the vital role of images in multiple copies. The book surveys printing techniques before the invention of photography; the photographic... (read more)

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Hard Pressed
Hard Pressed
by Elizabeth Wyckoff
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The history of printmaking with a particular focus on artists and works that expanded the boundaries of various media from early woodcuts, etchings, engravings, and continuing through the digital and photographic processes of today.... (read more)

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The Colonial Printer
The Colonial Printer
by Lawrence C Wroth
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Beautifully illustrated study explores every aspect of the American printer and his craft from 1639 to 1800.... (read more)

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The Art of the Woodcut: Masterworks from the 1920s
The Art of the Woodcut: Masterworks from the 1920s
by Malcolm Salaman
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This survey of woodcut illustrations of the 1920s abounds in striking works by artists from around the world. Nearly 200 images — two-color plus an 8-page full-color insert  — include landscapes, street scenes, portraits, and... (read more)

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Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California / Edited by Leah Lehmbeck
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California / Edited by Leah Lehmbeck
by Leah Lehmbeck
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Published in conjunction with a 2011-2012 exhibition at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena California, this volume offers a detailed look at the Los Angeles art world, printmaking in particular, from 1900 through 1960, and from 1960 through now. The... (read more)

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Interpretive Wood Engraving the Story Of
Interpretive Wood Engraving the Story Of
by William H Brandt
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"Recounts the history of the Society of American Wood-Engravers in the nineteenth century and discusses its wood-engravers, including Alexander Anderson, William J. Linton, Anna Botsford Comstock, Timothy Cole, and Elbridge Kingsley. Illustrated... (read more)

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What Is a Print?: Selections from the Museum of Modern Art
What Is a Print?: Selections from the Museum of Modern Art
by Sarah Suzuki
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What is a print? This volume aims to answer that question by exploring the four basic printmaking techniques--woodcut, intaglio, lithography and screenprint--that have been used to create some of the most iconic images in modern art, from Paul Gauguin's... (read more)

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A History of Engraving & Etching from the 15th Century to the Year 1914
A History of Engraving & Etching from the 15th Century to the Year 1914
by Arthur Mayger Hind
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Carefully surveys the various schools of engraving throughout the last five hundred years, describing processes and methods as well as the accomplishments of individual... (read more)

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The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History
The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History
by Linda C Hults
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The Print in the Western World is a comprehensive history of the print from its origins in the fifteenth through the late twentieth century. A source of inspiration to many great painters, such as Titian, Rembrandt, and Manet, printmaking has established... (read more)

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Prints and People, a Social History of Printed Pictures
Prints and People, a Social History of Printed Pictures
by A Hyatt Mayor
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An incomparable record of a great art and complex craft. . . . The reader gains a vivid, by no means cursory view of paper pictures (including photographs) in their extravagant technical variety, while he is guided as seldom before through the mechanism... (read more)

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Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
by Susan (edt) Dackerman
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An unusual collaboration among distinguished art historians and historians of science, this book demonstrates how printmakers of the Northern Renaissance, far from merely illustrating the ideas of others, contributed to scientific investigations of their... (read more)

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Holy Land in Maps
Holy Land in Maps
by Ariel Tishby
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The history of the mapping of the Holy Land epitomizes the history of cartography itself. Situated at the crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Holy Land has been the focus of intense interest for countless generations; under its various names... (read more)

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Tyler Graphics: The Extended Image
Tyler Graphics: The Extended Image
by Elizabeth Armstrong
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Since 1974 Tyler Graphics Ltd. has offered printmaking facilities of unsurpassed sophistication to twenty-nine artists, from Anni and Josef Albers to Robert Zakanitch. The results of their collaborations with Kenneth Tyler and his small staff of highly... (read more)

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Proof Positive: Forty Years of Contemporary American Printmaking at Ulae, 1957-1997
Proof Positive: Forty Years of Contemporary American Printmaking at Ulae, 1957-1997
by Jack Cowart
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Since its founding in 1957 by the visionary Tatyana Grosman in a small house on Long Island, New York, Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) has become one of the most exciting contemporary fine art print workshops in the United States. This volume... (read more)

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Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now
Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now
by Deborah Wye
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Prints, books and multiples have long played a vital role in the vanguard of European contemporary art. From London to Moscow, artists have expanded the scope of their creative vision--and expanded their audiences--through striking and inventive uses of... (read more)

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Print/Out: 20 Years in Print
Print/Out: 20 Years in Print
by Christophe Cherix
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Over the past two decades, the art world has broadened its geographic reach and opened itself to new continents, allowing for a significant cross-pollination of post-conceptual strategies and vernacular modes. Printed materials, in both innovative and... (read more)

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Etched in memory :the building and survival of artistic reputation
Etched in memory :the building and survival of artistic reputation
by Gladys Engel Lang
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Investigates what factors are related to a prominent artist attaining a lasting reputation. Studies 300 British and American printmakers--half of them women--active in the etching revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Examines family... (read more)

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Personal Impressions: The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America
Personal Impressions: The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America
by Elizabeth Harris
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Prints of the Twentieth Century (World of Art)
Prints of the Twentieth Century (World of Art)
by Riva Castleman
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-236) and index.... (read more)

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Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America
Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America
by Joann Moser
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.... (read more)

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