Painted prints
Subtitle: the revelation of color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque engravings, etchings & woodcuts
By: Susan Dackerman ; with an essay by Thomas Primeau ; catalogue entries by Deborah Carton ... [et al.].
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Prints, European -- Europe, Northern -- Exhibitions; Prints, Renaissance -- Europe, Northern -- Exhibitions; Prints, Baroque -- Europe, Northern -- Exhibitions; Prints -- Coloring -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "A Renaissance print with color is almost invariably regarded as a suspect object because the color is presumed to be a cosmetic addition made to compensate for deficiencies of design or condition. Painted Prints challenges this deeply entrenched assumption about the material and aesthetic structure of early prints by showing that in many cases hand coloring is not a dubious supplement to a print but is instead an integral element augmenting its expressive power, beauty, and meaning.".

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art, Painted Prints reproduces and discusses a rich variety of hand-colored prints from Northern Europe of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Anonymous woodcuts are juxtaposed with masterworks by such famed artists as Durer, Holbein, and Goltzius.

These prints, secular as well as religious, muted as well as vibrant in tonality, make it clear that hand coloring was a widespread, enduring practice, developed to satisfy the demands of both elite and popular audiences.".

"Painted Prints presents new research into the artists who specialized in hand coloring and offers insights into the social and economic organization of Renaissance and Baroque printmaking. It also draws on scientific analyses of the materials and techniques of hand coloring to address important questions of authenticity, chronology, and condition.

With a catalogue and color illustrations of all the hand-colored prints in the exhibition, this book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of Renaissance prints and their pivotal place in the visual culture of early modern Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art on October 6, 2002-January 5, 2003 and the Saint Louis Museum of Art 14 February-18 May 2003.