Print Culture in Early Modern France - Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print

Informationen zum Autor Carl Goldstein is a professor of art at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He has been the recipient of fellowships and grants from the Kress Foundation, the Howard Foundation, and the Philosophical Society of America. He has published widely, including Visual Fact over Verbal Fiction: A Study of the Carracci and the Theory, Criticism, and Practice of Painting in Renaissance and Baroque Italy and Teaching Art: Academies and Schools from Vasari to Albers. Klappentext Goldstein examines the print culture of seventeenth-century France through a study of Abraham Bosse, a well-known printmaker, illustrator and author. Zusammenfassung Carl Goldstein examines the print culture of seventeenth-century France through a study of Abraham Bosse, a well-known printmaker, illustrator, and author of books and pamphlets. The consummate print professional, Bosse persistently explored the possibilities of print – single-sheet prints combining text and image, book illustration, broadsides, placards, almanacs, theses, and pamphlets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A printmaking revolution; 2. Scenes of everyday life; 3. Drama, theater, and prints; 4. Contingencies and contradictions; 5. A royal portrait; 6. Image and text: reading single-sheet prints; 7. Book illustrations; 8. Books and pamphlets.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Carl Goldstein, Carl (University of North Carolina Goldstein, Goldstein Carl
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107012141
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01214-1
• Seiten: 238
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Printing, packaging & reprographic industry, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Printing and reprographic industries