Milestones in Colour Printing 1457-1859 - With a Bibliography of Nelson Prints

Klappentext In this book, derived from his 1994 Sandars lectures, Bamber Gascoigne concentrates on those areas in the history of colour printing that have yet to receive critical attention. This broad historical survey covers the intaglio colour printing of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the inventive attempts of nineteenth-century British publishers to achieve cheap, effective colour printing, and the pioneering work of the firm Thomas Nelson and Sons. A catalogue of more than 1,000 British and foreign views published by the firm in their own distinctive technique, the Nelson print, is also provided. Gascoigne links these developments to the wider scientific, cultural, and social currents during the period. This lavishly illustrated book presents with clarity and wit an extensive overview of the emergence of colour printing. It will be of interest to all students of publishing and printing history and bibliography, as well as art historians. Zusammenfassung Bamber Gascoigne's broad historical survey explores developments in the history of colour printing from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to all students of publishing and printing history! bibliography! as well as art historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. German relief to French intaglio fifteenth-eighteenth century; 2. The beginnings of chromolithography; 3. Towards the penny print in Britain 1834-1859; 4. Nelson and the Nelson prints; Publications with Nelson prints; Index of Nelson prints; Bibliography; Index of books containing Nelson prints.

Product details

• Authors: Bamber Gascoigne, Gascoigne Bamber
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521175913
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17591-3
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Sandars Lectures in Bibliograp; The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography; The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography; Sandars Lectures in Bibliograp
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; ART / History / General, ART / Prints, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Prints & printmaking, Prints and printmaking