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In Printing Colour 1400–1700, Ad Stijnman and Elizabeth Savage offer the first handbook of early modern colour printmaking before 1700 (when most such histories begin), creating a new, interdisciplinary paradigm for the history of graphic art. It unveils a corpus of thousands of individual colour prints from across early modern Europe, proposing art historical, bibliographical, technical and scientific contexts for understanding them and their markets.
The twenty-three contributions represent the state of research in this still-emerging field. From the first known attempts in the West until the invention of the approach we still use today (blue-red-yellow-black/‘key’, now CMYK), it demonstrates that colour prints were not rare outliers, but essential components of many early modern book, print and visual cultures.
The twenty-three contributions represent the state of research in this still-emerging field. From the first known attempts in the West until the invention of the approach we still use today (blue-red-yellow-black/‘key’, now CMYK), it demonstrates that colour prints were not rare outliers, but essential components of many early modern book, print and visual cultures.
Price: $250.00
Pages: 248
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Library of the Written Word
Publication Date:
14 August 2015
ISBN: 9789004269682
Format: Other
“a major advance in our knowledge of the production of prints.”
Roger Gaskell, Ffawyddog, Crickhowell. In: The Library, 7.17.4 (December 2016), pp. 453-461.
“This magnificently illustrated volume contains nineteen studies on various aspects of early color printing in Western Europe. […] Undoubtedly, Printing Colour will become an indispensable reference for our understanding of early color printing.”
Pablo Alvarez, University of Michigan. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter 2018), pp. 1453-1455.
“Every essay is amply supported by images and, as is only to be expected from Brill, the publisher of the Handpress World series, and the printer, Drukkerij Wilco B.V. of Amersfoort, the superb quality of the figures, not least in the matter of colour accuracy, meets the high demands of this much-needed book.”
Timothy Wilks, Southampton Solent University. In: Journal of the Printing Historical Society, New Series 25 (Winter 2016), pp. 92-93.
Roger Gaskell, Ffawyddog, Crickhowell. In: The Library, 7.17.4 (December 2016), pp. 453-461.
“This magnificently illustrated volume contains nineteen studies on various aspects of early color printing in Western Europe. […] Undoubtedly, Printing Colour will become an indispensable reference for our understanding of early color printing.”
Pablo Alvarez, University of Michigan. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter 2018), pp. 1453-1455.
“Every essay is amply supported by images and, as is only to be expected from Brill, the publisher of the Handpress World series, and the printer, Drukkerij Wilco B.V. of Amersfoort, the superb quality of the figures, not least in the matter of colour accuracy, meets the high demands of this much-needed book.”
Timothy Wilks, Southampton Solent University. In: Journal of the Printing Historical Society, New Series 25 (Winter 2016), pp. 92-93.
Ad Stijnman PhD (Amsterdam) FRHistS, is a researcher on historical printmaking materials and processes at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. He has published monographs and numerous articles on the practical aspects of historical printing and printmaking techniques, including Engraving and Etching 1400-2000 (Archetype 2012).
Elizabeth Savage PhD (Cambridge), is a 2015-18 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at The John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. Her research into early modern colour printing techniques has won two international awards and been published in leading journals.
Elizabeth Savage PhD (Cambridge), is a 2015-18 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at The John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. Her research into early modern colour printing techniques has won two international awards and been published in leading journals.