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Reading Popular Prints 1790-1870
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Reading Popular Prints 1790-1870
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Brian Maidment
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Art and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Prints and printmaking |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719033711
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| Classifications | Dewey:769.941 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 August 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Each chapter of this stimulating book collects a wide variety of images show the different ways that historical events can be represented. Metal and wood engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, watercolors, and drawings all reflect changing attitudes towards gender, politics, the family, education, and industrialization. This revised second edition has many new illustrations which further assist the interpretation of popular graphic images from the 18th and 19th centuries. -- .
Author Biography
Brian Maidment is Professor of English at the University of Salford
Reviews"'a concise and insightful guide into the complex issues involved in decoding forms of graphic imagery... many interesting insights and original insights real skill in analysing the particular' Art History; 'this careful, thoughtful and highly stimulating study of prints as history.' Asa Briggs, Literature and History"
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