Print culture in early modern France : Abraham Bosse and the purposes of print / Carl Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Carl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676--Criticism and interpretation.

Bosse, Abraham.

Prints, French--17th century.

Prints, French.

Printing--France--History--17th century.

Printing.

Arts and society--France--History--17th century.

Arts and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Carl Goldstein examines the print culture of seventeenth-century France through a study of the career of Abraham Bosse, a well-known printmaker, book illustrator, and author of books and pamphlets on a variety of technical subjects. The consummate print professional, Bosse persistently explored the endless possibilities of print - single-sheet prints combining text and image, book illustration, broadsides, placards, almanacs, theses, and pamphlets. Bosse had a profound understanding of print technology as a fundamental agent of change. Unlike previous studies, which have largely focused on the printed word, this book demonstrates the extent to which the contributions of an individual printmaker and the visual image are fundamental to understanding the nature and development of early modern print culture.

Contents:

A printmaking revolution

Scenes of everyday life

Drama, theater, and prints

Contingencies and contradictions

The royal portrait

Image and text: reading single-sheet prints

Book illustrations

Books and pamphlets.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-20984-1

1-107-22906-5

1-280-48518-3

9786613580160

1-139-22275-9

1-139-21795-X

1-139-21486-1

1-139-22446-8

1-139-22103-5

0-511-99786-8

OCLC:

776108149