Gems of art on paper :: illustrated American fiction and poetry, 1785-1885 /

"In the immediate aftermath of the Revolutionary War, only the wealthiest Americans could afford to enjoy illustrated books and prints. But, by the end of the next century, it was commonplace for publishers to load their books with reproductions of fine art and beautiful new commissions from am...

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1. Verfasser: Barnhill, Georgia Brady, 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:"In the immediate aftermath of the Revolutionary War, only the wealthiest Americans could afford to enjoy illustrated books and prints. But, by the end of the next century, it was commonplace for publishers to load their books with reproductions of fine art and beautiful new commissions from amateur and professional artists. Georgia Brady Barnhill, an expert on the visual culture of this period, explains the costs and risks that publishers faced as they brought about the transition from a sparse visual culture to a rich one. Establishing new practices and investing in new technologies to enhance works of fiction and poetry, bookmakers worked closely with skilled draftsmen, engravers, and printers to reach an increasingly literate and discriminating American middle class. Barnhill argues that while scholars have largely overlooked the efforts of early American illustrators, the works of art that they produced impacted readers' understandings of the texts they encountered, and greatly enriched the nation's cultural life"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN:9781625346216
9781613768976
1613768974
9781625346209
9781613768969
1613768966
1625346212
1625346204

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