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Private Press Movement
The Private Press Movement rose to strength in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. William Morris’s Kelmscott Press (founded in 1890) can be seen to be the flagship for the movement, and Morris himself as the champion. Essentially the … Continue reading
Mr Franklin’s printing press
At age 12, Ben Franklin was apprenticed to learn the printing trade from his brother James. Three years later, James founded The New-England Courant, the first truly independent newspaper in the colonies. When a letter written by Ben Franklin was … Continue reading
Posted in art history, book arts, letterpress
Tagged Ben Franklin, cartoon, illustrations, printing press, typesetting
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Utagawa – Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900
From the Brooklyn Museum web site: Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900 presents more than seventy prints from the renowned Van Vleck collection of Japanese woodblock prints at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison and approximately twenty … Continue reading
Posted in art history, exhibitions, woodcuts
Tagged brooklyn museum, japanese woodblock prints, landscapes, university of wisconsin, Utagawa
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Wood-Block Printing
Wood-Block Printing, by F. Morley Fletcher, Illustrated by A. W. Seaby A Description of the Craft of Woodcutting and Colour Printing Based on the Japanese Practice A free e-book, available for download from Project Gutenberg. Traditional Japanese woodblock prints were … Continue reading
Posted in art history, research, techniques, woodcuts
Tagged A. W. Seaby, engraving, etch, european art, F. Morley Fletcher, Walter Crane, wood block printing, wood blocks, woodcuts
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M.C. Escher at work
So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen. — M.C. Escher You can watch … Continue reading
Posted in art history, auctions
Tagged Christies, engraving, linocut, lithographs, M.C. Escher, mezzotint
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The Death of William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757–12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. … Continue reading
Rembrandt’s Etching Technique: An Example
Rembrandt’s Etching Technique: An Example — by Peter Morse This book is available for free download from Project Gutenburg. From the document: A Rembrandt print in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution has been made the subject of a study … Continue reading
Posted in art history, books, research, techniques
Tagged Amsterdam, etching, graphic arts, Peter Morse, project gutenburg, Rembrandt, smithsonian institution
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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528): prints
A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was … Continue reading
Posted in art history, books, typography, woodcuts
Tagged Albrecht Dürer, metropolitan museum of art, Renaissance, woodcut illustrations
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