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Aquatint worlds : travel, print, and empire, 1770-1820 / Douglas Fordham.
Fine Arts Library NE2230 .F67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fordham, Douglas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel in art.
- Landscapes in art.
- Aquatint--18th century.
- Aquatint.
- Aquatint--19th century.
- Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840. Oriental scenery.
- Daniell, Thomas.
- Alexander, William, 1767-1816. Costume of China.
- Alexander, William.
- Daniell, Samuel, 1775-1811. African scenery and animals.
- Daniell, Samuel.
- Daniell, Thomas,.
- Alexander, William,.
- Daniell, Samuel,.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 315 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven : Yale University Press.
- Other Title:
- Travel, print, and empire, 1770-1820
- Place of Publication:
- London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2019.
- Summary:
- "In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publications--Thomas and William Daniell's Oriental Scenery (1795-1808), William Alexander's Costume of China (1797-1805), and Samuel Daniell's African Scenery and Animals (1804-5)--this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism."-- Front flap of dust jacket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-299) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781913107048
- 1913107043
- OCLC:
- 1120191283
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