W.McAllister Johnson

The Rise and Fall of the Fine Art Print in Eighteenth-Century France

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Produktbeschreibung

W. McAllister Johnson distills a lifetime of research into an essential study of this seminal phenomenon and chronicles the issues, decisions, and practicalities inherent in making copperplate engravings as articles of art and commerce.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9781442637122
• ISBN-10: 1442637129
• Artikelnr.: 42700841

Autorenporträt

W. McAllister Johnson is a professor emeritus in the Department of Art at the University of Toronto. His most recent book is Versified Prints: A Literary and Cultural Phenomenon.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Full Statement of the Question
2. Orienting Concepts
3. Prints as Information
4. The Fine Art Print Defined
5. Pendant Prints
6. The Académie as Catalyst and Regulator
7. The Académie and the Artist
8. Creative Issues
9. Response Time
10. Career Calculus
11. Reputation and Reflected Glory
12. Commercial Ploys and the Art of the Annonce
13. Prints and Paintings on Exhibition
14. Engraved, Not Engraved
15. Criticism, Controversy and Censure
16. Greuze Prints, including the Salon
17. The Clash of Genres
18. Conclusion
Appendix A: The Mercure’s Editorial Policy regarding Prints (1728)
Appendix B: Problems of Engraving and Collecting Prints (1754)
Appendix C: Wille’s Appreciation of Jean Daullé (1763)
Appendix D: An Oudry Portrait for the Book Trade (1767)
Appendix E: A Greuze ‘Lost to France’ multiplied by a Print (1767)
Appendix F: The Art Market : Paintings, Pendants and Petits Sujets (1780)