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A Kingdom of Images
Peter Furhing
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Description for A Kingdom of Images
Hardback. Features the golden age of French printmaking. This catalogue features more than one hundred prints from the Getty Research Institute and the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris, whose print collection Louis XIV established in 1667. It studies how prints were collected and considers their reception in the ensuing centuries. Num Pages: 344 pages, 51 colour & 138 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 293 x 258 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2050.
This book includes a rich and fascinating consideration of the golden age of French printmaking. Once considered the golden age of French printmaking, Louis XIV's reign saw Paris become a powerhouse of print production. During this time, the king aimed to make fine and decorative arts into signs of French taste and skill and, by extension, into markers of his imperialist glory. Prints were ideal for achieving these goals; reproducible and transportable, they fueled the sophisticated propaganda machine circulating images of Louis as both a man of war and a man of culture. This richly illustrated catalogue features more than ... Read more
This book includes a rich and fascinating consideration of the golden age of French printmaking. Once considered the golden age of French printmaking, Louis XIV's reign saw Paris become a powerhouse of print production. During this time, the king aimed to make fine and decorative arts into signs of French taste and skill and, by extension, into markers of his imperialist glory. Prints were ideal for achieving these goals; reproducible and transportable, they fueled the sophisticated propaganda machine circulating images of Louis as both a man of war and a man of culture. This richly illustrated catalogue features more than ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
2049g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064504
SKU
V9781606064504
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Ref
99-1
About Peter Furhing
PETER FUHRING works at the Fondation Custodia, Paris, where he is in charge of Frits Lugt's Marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes. LOUIS MARCHESANO is curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research Institute. REMI MATHIS and VANESSA SELBACH are curators of seventeenth-century prints in the departement des Estampes et de la Photographie at the Bibliotheque nationale de ... Read more
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