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The "Writing" of Modern Life. The Etching Revival in France, Britain, and the U.S., 1850-1940.
Elizabeth K. Helsinger
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paperback. Examines British, French, and American artists who from the polemical beginnings of the Etching Revival in the 1850s to its twentieth-century afterlife practiced etching as a form of quasi-literary authorship. This title is suitable for literary and art historians alike. Num Pages: 104 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 510.
What is it about etching that renders it - according to both the poet-critic Charles Baudelaire and the visionary artist Samuel Palmer - a medium of writing? And, moreover, what makes etching equally adaptable to the expression of both memory and modernity? "The 'Writing' of Modern Life" examines British, French, and American artists who from the polemical beginnings of the Etching Revival in the 1850s to its twentieth-century afterlife practiced etching as a form of quasi-literary authorship. Whether or not these printmakers viewed etching as a medium for expressing thoughts or personality, as Baudelaire and Palmer claimed, they did find ... Read more
What is it about etching that renders it - according to both the poet-critic Charles Baudelaire and the visionary artist Samuel Palmer - a medium of writing? And, moreover, what makes etching equally adaptable to the expression of both memory and modernity? "The 'Writing' of Modern Life" examines British, French, and American artists who from the polemical beginnings of the Etching Revival in the 1850s to its twentieth-century afterlife practiced etching as a form of quasi-literary authorship. Whether or not these printmakers viewed etching as a medium for expressing thoughts or personality, as Baudelaire and Palmer claimed, they did find ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780935573459
SKU
V9780935573459
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About Elizabeth K. Helsinger
Elizabeth Helsinger is the John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of English and Art History at the University of Chicago.
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