Author: Theodore Henry FieldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The art of engraving with the various modes of operation
Author: Theodore Henry FieldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Art of Engraving, with the Various Modes of Operation ... Illustrated with Specimens of the Different Styles of Engraving
Author: Theodore Henry FieldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Art of Engraving, with the Various Modes of Operation Under the Following Different Divisions
Author: Theodore Henry FieldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
By the second quarter of the nineteenth century both stipple engraving and aquatint, regarded by Fielding as an art 'invented for the torment of man', were no longer widely used by publishers for large-scale reproductive engravings. Line engraving with its 'beautiful but more or less mechanical arrangement of lines' was also losing ground to the freer style attainable through lithography. The manufactured demand for the 'beautiful productions of our best engravers' through literary annuals 'flung with a prodigal hand before the public, at a price for which they should never have been sold, and which only an excessive sale could render profitable', had outpaced both the supply of engravers and the speed with which such fine plates could be executed. It was therefore to an adaptation of the tonal characteristics offered by the eighteenth century mezzotint that artists such as Fielding turned, to offer a speedier means of producing the softer tonal qualities demanded by the lastest taste. Written in the midst of this period of technical experimentation Fielding's manual is particularly important in detailing the engraver's response to new commercial pressures."The first book to have a chapter solely devoted to all aspects of photography" (Quayle). Particular reference is made to J.N. Niepce, who took the first photograph in 1826, but whose achievement was not made public until 1841, and there is also a section on Daguerre. "...contains information on what were then the most up-to-date matters, including lithography and electrography. Fielding quotes Partington extensively, almost verbatim in parts, describing his source as a "celebrated work on engraving", but he commences with a highly critical view of steel engraving and its evils, having very little to say in its favour. [Fieldings book] was used extensively a year or two later by W.L. Maberley, who published The Print Collector in 1844." from Hunnisett p34. see also Dyson, Pictures to Print p.118 for good reference to this work. See also Printmaking and Picture Printing A28 for details on the plates.
The Art-union
Author: Art-union
Author: The Caxton Head Catalogue
Author: James Tregaskis (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England
Author: Basil HunnisettPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000179613
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 1980, Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England is a detailed and comprehensive survey of the steel engravings that were so popular in the nineteenth century. With an extensive range of illustrations, the book refutes the assumption that steel engravings are of little artistic value or importance, a common attitude rooted largely in the connection between steel engravings and mass-produced books. Beginning with an exploration of the identification problems and early history of steel engravings, it moves through the production and printing of the plates and on to a study of several engravers and artists, as well as of the books themselves. Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England will appeal to anyone interested in the history of printing and illustration.
The Development of the Art Market in England
Author: Thomas M BayerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317323823
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.
Science and Art department of the Committee of Council on Education. Inventory of the objects forming the collections of the museum of ornamental art at South Kensington
Author: Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-1945.