Revolution in Printmaking

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Revolution in Printmaking and Book Publication

Readings:

bullet John Sweetman, "The Periodical and the Book," The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution, pp. 44-53;
bullet F. D. Klingender, "Documentary Illustration," in Art and the Industrial Revolution.

Key Images

bulletJean- Lepicie, The Governess (after Chardin), 1740
bulletcrayon manner print after Boucher drawing, Two Nereids and a Triton, (printmaker: Gilles Demarteau), from drawing study for Rising of the Sun
bullet Louis Bonnet, Head of Flora, pastel manner after Boucher, 1769
bulletJean-Francois Janinet, Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, 1777
bulletJean-Michel Moreau Le Jeune, Household Peace, 1766 (after Greuse)
bulletengraving of J. Fragonard, The Bolt
bulletengraving of J. Fragonard, The Swing (by Nicholas de Launay)
bulletJean-Michel Moreau Le Jeune, Yes or No?
bulletPhilibert-Louis Debucourt, The Minuet of the Bride, 1786
bullet Philibert-Louis Debucourt, The Ill-Guarded Rose, 1791
bulletPhilibert-Louis Debucourt, The Casement, 1791
bullet Giovanni Batista Piranesi, Blackfriar's Bridge, 1765
bullet Canaletto, Portico with Lantern

Vocabulary

bulletengraving
bulletsteel engraving
bulletmezzotint
bulletetching
bulletaquatint
bulletwood engraving
bulletpastel manner
bulletcrayon manner (stipple engraving)
bulletoriginal print versus reproductive print

Internet resources

bulletSpencer Museum of Art, Prints (discussion of techniques, connoisseurship issues