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Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print
Carl Goldstein
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Description for Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print
paperback. Goldstein examines the print culture of seventeenth-century France through a study of Abraham Bosse, a well-known printmaker, illustrator and author. Num Pages: 237 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AFH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 604.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107429444
SKU
V9781107429444
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About Carl Goldstein
Carl Goldstein is a professor of art at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He has been the recipient of fellowships and grants from the Kress Foundation, the Howard Foundation, and the Philosophical Society of America. He has published widely, including Visual Fact over Verbal Fiction: A Study of the Carracci and the Theory, Criticism, and Practice of Painting in ... Read more
Reviews for Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print
'Bosse was 'a consummate print professional' who was remarkable for 'his persistent and sustained interrogation of the seemingly endless possibilities of print' … this monograph goes beyond an assessment of the work of one Huguenot artist to look at his wider significance for the print culture of early modern France.' The Huguenot Society Journal