William Blake, Printmaker

Princeton University Press, 1980

Prima edizione - Volume rilegato in tela editoriale con sovraccoperta, 283 pagine di testo cui seguono 236 illustrazioni in nero su tavole fuori testo. Indice consultabile nelle nostre immagini / Table of contents available in our pictures. Minimi segni d'uso e del tempo alla sovraccoperta, peraltro esemplare in ottime condizioni; monografia di riferimento sull'arte a stampa di William Blake -- Focusing on the role printmaking played in William Blake's development as an artist and poet, Robert Essick fosters a new understanding of the illuminated books and the ways in which their graphic techniques give a visual presence to Blake's concepts. More than two hundred illustrations provide a representative visual survey of the full range of Blake's graphic productions. As a discussion of Blake's attitudes toward conventional print technology and of the revolutionary graphic processes he invented, this book also constitutes a virtual history of eighteenth-century English printmaking. The author provides a wealth of new information on Blake's apprenticeship in reproductive engraving, on his graphic styles and techniques in both his original and copy prints, on the dating of his most important intaglio plates, on his theories of ''appropriate form'' in the graphic arts, and on the significance of printmaking imagery in his poems. In addition, he offers a thorough explanation of Blake's unique methods of relief etching based on a careful study of the original impressions and on his own experiments with Blake's techniques. Professor Essick concludes with a discussion of Blake's final graphic masterpieces - the Job, Dante, and Virgil prints - which he views as the successful culmination of Blake's long struggle to use his professional craft to embody his highest aspirations as an artist. 

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• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Tipologia: Libro usato vintage
• Anno edizione: 1980
• EAN: 2570252103999

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• Condizioni: Usato - Ottima condizione