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The
Original Print: Understanding Technique in Contemporary Fine Printmaking
by Chris Byrne
Printmaking spans everything from hand prints on ancient cave walls
to Rembrandt's copper etchings of the Virgin and Child and Warhol's
soup cans to the potato prints made by today's second grader at the
kitchen table. Byrne, a print publisher and curator, here focuses
on strictly contemporary uses of etching, aquatint, lithography, and
screen printing. He covers both basic techniques and the joint experimentation
of artist and master printer, surveying the American print scene with
examples from ten of the top North American print houses. Recommended
for collections serving advanced students and professionals.
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The
Power of Art
by Simon Schama
Schama presents eight remarkable artists who created their masterworks
against a backdrop of personal and professional distress. From politically
charged commentaries (David, Picasso, Turner and Rembrandt) to intensely
personal visions of the world (van Gogh and Rothko) and the reinvention
of the divine (Bernini and Caravaggio), Schama takes these masters'
hallowed works off the museum wall and drags them through the mud
and muck that went into their creation. |
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The
Print in the Western World: An Introductory History - by
Linda C. Hults
An great reference for art historians, students, and general readers.
This chronological treatment is not limited to technical aspects,
but is balanced with examination of the cultural and economic forces
behind each medium as it developed, the achievements of individual
artists, and the historical and cultural context of the work. (From
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Graphic
Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels
by Frans Masereel, Lynd
Ward, Giacomo Patri and Laurence Hyde
The proof is in the stark appearance produced by wood cuts and lino-engraving
and the themes in these once-controversial works: social unrest, the
plight of the downtrodden worker and the oppression of the weak by
the strong. Masereel's The Passion of a Man (1918) tells a modernist
Christ story in 25 dark pictures, while Hyde's Southern Cross (1951)
is a pastoral tragedy about Pacific islanders caught up in the U.S.
Navy's A-bomb testing. Ward's Wild Pilgrimage (1932) is a passionate
aria to the human spirit, threatened with crushing death by the specter
of soulless factory work and cruel bosses. |
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Wordless
Books: The Original Graphic Novels (Hardcover)
by
David A. Beronä (Author)
“Wordless books” were stories from the early part of
the twentieth century told in black and white woodcuts, imaginatively
authored without any text. Although woodcut novels have their roots
spreading back through the history of graphic arts, including block
books and playing cards, it was not until the early part of the twentieth
century that they were conceived and published. Despite its short-lived
popularity, the woodcut novel had an important impact on the development
of comic art, particularly contemporary graphic novels with a focus
on adult themes.
Scholar David A. Beronä examines the history of these books and the art
and influence of pioneers like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Otto Nückel, William
Gropper, Milt Gross, and Laurence Hyde (among others). The images are powerful
and iconic, and as relevant to the world today as they were when they were first
produced. Beronä places these artists in the context of their time, and
in the context of ours, creating a scholarly work of important significance in
the burgeoning field of comics and comics history.
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How
Prints Look
Using photographs
of prints, and enlargement of details on these prints, the author
makes it easy to see and understand the difference between one print
medium and another. If you've ever wondered about the difference between
an etching and an aquatint, woodcuts and lithographs - or if you need
a refresher - this small book is one of the best around. |
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Printmaking
in America : Collaborative Prints and Presses, 1960-1990
by Trudy V. Hansen, David Mickenberg, Joann Moser, Barry Walker |
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The
Renaissance Print : 1470-1550
by David Landau, Peter W. Parshall
A beautiful and incredibly comprehensive book on the development of
printmaking in Renaissance Europe. |
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Prints
and Printmaking : An Introduction to the History and Techniques
by Antony Griffiths
In succinct and lucid language, Antony Griffiths explains the different
printmaking techniques and shows both details and whole prints to
demonstrate the effects that can be achieved. Woodcuts, engraving,
etching, mezzotint, and lithography are among the many processes explained,
illustrated, and placed within a historical context. |
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The
Encyclopedia of Printmaking Techniques
This in-depth guide demonstrates how to roll, press, cut, etch, and
stencil your way through the full range of printing processes available
to beginners and experts alike. Clear instructions and original photographs
illustrate how to choose and master the proper materials, tools, and
equipment. An inspirational gallery of professional images captures
the creativity and diversity of the art of printmaking. Over 250 color
illustrations. |
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Thirty-Five
Years at Crown Point Press : Making Prints, Doing Art
Over the course of the past 35 years, California-based fine art publisher
Crown Point Press has established one of the finest reputations in
the printmaking and publishing world. The press has printed and published
important minimalist and conceptual graphics, as well as editions
by such painterly painters as Richard Diebenkorn, Francesco Clemente,
and Helen Frankenthaler. More than 200 full-color, beautifully reproduced
prints in this softcover volume document the entire history and development
of Crown Point. |
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The
Etcher's Studio
by Arthur Geisert
This small but nicely illustrated children's book uses a young boy
and his grandfather as guides to explain how drawings are etched in
copper and printed. Reading level: Ages 4-8 |
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