The Print in the Western World is a comprehensive history of the print from its origins in the fifteenth through the late twentieth century. A source of inspiration to many great painters, such as Titian, Rembrandt, and Manet, printmaking has established its own criteria of aesthetic excellence as well as its own expressive language, both of which are explored here. More than 700 illustrations, forty-nine of them in color, show the evolution of the...

This book illustrates the work of over 150 printmakers, from the early 1400s to the present day--Jacket.

Review of the art of printmaking, focusing on the contemporary approaches to the medium. Includes work from all over the world, profiling some of the most innovative examples of printmaking today. Artists featured include Grayson Perry, Thomas Kilpper, Patrick Caulfield, Marko Blazo, Chuck Close, Masami Teraoka, Michael Craig-Martin, Kara Walker, Willie Cole, Banksy, and others.

Invites novices and experienced collectors to explore the art of printmaking from the perspective of curators, collectors, dealers, printmakers, and artists. Includes Homer and Whistler, Edward Hopper, the Mexican muralists, the Federal Art Project of the WPA, the 60's print boom, and contemporary artists such as Kiki Smith.

The Fine Art of Fashion Illustration is a visual celebration of fashion image making and illustration from the Renaissance to the end of the Art Deco period, when studio photography became predominant in the promotion of new fashionable styles. It shows fashion illustration as an art form of allure and beauty, as captured by talented image-makers and printed in publications spanning centuries. Featuring over 350 illustrations, it is a beautiful and...

Sightlines is an architectural term meaning what you can see from where you stand - it's a question of perspective. This collection of images and words, gathered in conjunction with the international Sightlines symposium in Edmonton, Canada, in 1997, reveals the printmaker and the print from many angles. Including more than 250 color images representing more than 120 artists and a text by more than a dozen contributors, Sightlines opens up a rare...