Printmaking in Paris: The Rage for Prints at the Fin de Si?cle

by Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho and Marije Vellekoop

In the years between 1890 and 1905, Paris witnessed a revolution in printmaking. Before this time, prints had primarily served reproductive or political ends, but, as the century came to a close, artistic quality became paramount, and printmaking blossomed into an autonomous art form. This gorgeously illustrated and accessibly written book looks at the circumstances in which this terrific new enthusiasm for prints unfolded; the principal players in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300197306
• ISBN13: 9780300197303
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Mercatorfonds
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 11.1"