Printing Colour 1700 - 1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions, and Receptions (Proceedings of the British Academy)

Arts & Photography

Grasselli, Margaret Morgan

SAVAGE,ELIZABETH

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

The Drawings of Annibale Carracci

Widely regarded as one of the greatest draughtsmen of all time, Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) is celebrated for his naturalism. Born in a time when the elegant deformations and exaggerations of Italian mannerism were still in vogue, Carracci turned instead to nature as his principal inspiration. Much attuned to the everyday world around him, he took as much interest in studying a man bowling, a butcher weighing a piece of meat, or a street entertainer with his monkey as he did in the preparatory studies for his grand mythological and religious paintings.The fruit of this intensive study is abundantly evident in his magnificent drawings of the human figure - from his early works in Bologna to those made in preparation for his greatest commission, the decoration of the Farnese Gallery in Rome.This stunning publication brings together a plethora of Carracci’s masterful drawings to provide a unique insight into the technique and skill of one of the premier artists of his time.

Legrand, Catherine Loisel

Van Tuyll, Clare

Benati, Ms Daniele

Feigenbaum, Ms Gail

Lund Humphries

An indispensable addition to the literature, this informative publication is not only one of very few books available in English on the subject, but it also reproduces for the first time all the featured prints in full colour. Authors examine the history, marketing, and collecting of these prints, as well as the tools, techniques, and papers used in making them.

Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Phillips, Ivan E.

Smentek, Kristel

Walsh, Judith C.

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd

Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings offers the unique opportunity to enjoy one of America's finest private collections of master drawings. It includes ninety-three of the best drawings from the collection: a variety of Italian, French, Netherlandish, German and British works that span more than four centuries of European art. This book provides a rare opportunity for collectors, scholars and general readers to enjoy major works of art that are rarely reproduced. The catalogue's sumptuous layout shows all the works in full colour and contains new scholarship on each drawing.

Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings

Robison, Andrew

Eitel-Porter, Rhoda

Discover the beautiful paintings created by a master artist, Watteau, in this study of his life's work.

Watteau, 1684-1721

National Gallery of Art

Drawings from the O'Neal Collection

Brodie, Judith

Natl Gallery of Art

1995 first edition, first printing. Out of print. AS NEW. Very mint copy.

The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections

One of the most glorious and creative periods in the history of colour printmaking occurred in 18th-century France. Newly invented engraving and etching techniques were combined with new ways of printing a single image from multiple plates, allowing printmakers to replicate a broad palette of colours using variants of only four: blue, red, yellow and black. The resulting prints were so believable that they were often called "printed paintings" and "engraved drawings". The names of the masters who pioneered these techniques are largely only familiar to scholars and collectors, but the artists whose compositions they copied include some of the greatest talents of the period - Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard and Boilly all feature, along with many others. One of very few books available in English on the subject, this publication is a useful addition to the literature on this topic. Reproducing all the featured prints in colour, the images are supported by a range of scholarly essays.

One of the glories of the National Gallery of Art's holdings is its outstanding collection of French old master drawings, which represents in remarkable richness and breadth the history of French draftsmanship before 1800. Though individual works have appeared in countless exhibitions at the Gallery and elsewhere, the heart of the collection as a whole, now augmented with numerous important recent acquisitions, has never before been featured in a special exhibition or a comprehensive catalogue. "Renaissance to Revolution" presents a selection of the Gallery's most significant, beautiful, and representative drawings from three centuries, offering a visual exploration of the development of graphic art in France, from its first flowering during the Renaissance through to its neoclassical incarnation during the political and social upheavals of the French Revolution. The earliest work in the book is a rare and exquisite landscape watercolor dating from about 1500 by the miniaturist Jean Poyet, who worked for Queen Anne de Bretagne; one of the last is a neoclassical portrait from 1795 by Jacques-Louis David, who was an intimate participant in the Revolution. This book encompasses all the major stylistic trends, from the affectations of the school of Fontainebleau in the sixteenth century, through the grand manner under Louis XIV, to the frothy effervescence of the eighteenth-century rococo, and finally, the return to sober classical ideals in the late 1700s. At the same time, this rich panoply of works, executed in a wide variety of techniques, covers a remarkable range of genres, including book illustrations, compositions, landscapes, portraits, architectural studies and capriccios, and figure drawings. The selection reveals in impressive fashion the strength and scope of the Gallery's collection, while also celebrating the singular originality, elegance, and spirit of French draftsmanship.

Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800

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