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The Prints of the Remondinis
An Attempt to Reconstruct an Eighteenth-Century World of Pictures
by Anton W.A. Boschloo
ISBN: 9053562737
ISBN-13: 9789053562734
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Published date: 1998
Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
Weight: 2.15 pounds
Pages: 347
Publisher's Notes
Every day we are confronted with a flood of visual images. Present-day visual culture owes its existence in large part to the development of photography and the illustrated magazine in the nineteenth century. But at least as important were the print publishers of the eighteenth century. The north Italian Remondini family owned the largest print publishing house in Europe at the time. The Remondinis broke with tradition by aiming their production mainly at a broad, middle-class public. They produced in large quantities and cheaply, and distributed their work on an unprecedented scale. Thousands upon thousands of their prints reached buyers in the farthest corners of Europe as well as other parts of the world (especially South America). All this visual material, however varied it might have been, had one common feature: it was meant to correspond with the buyers' perception of the world. This study sheds light on the "Remondini phenomenon" by offering a detailed analysis of this family's richly varied picture production. Large numbers of unknown prints have been identified with the help of the Remondini catalogs, sources which until now have attracted little scholarly attention.
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The Prints of the Remondinis An Attempt to Reconstruct an Eighteenth-Centu ry World of Pictures
Boschloo, Anton W.A
Amsterdam University Press. 1998. Hardcover. 9053562737 . Harcover. 4to. Amsterdam University Press. 1998. 347 pgs. No DJ as issued/Pictoral boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present.; 1.15 x 10.52 x 8.49 Inches; 347 pages . ( more information) Offered by Mugwump Books (United States)
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