The Reception of the Printed Image in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: Multiplied and Modified (Routledge Research in Art History)

This book examines the early development of the graphic arts from the perspectives of material things, human actors and immaterial representations while broadening the geographic field of inquiry to Central Europe and the British Isles and considering the reception of the prints on other continents. The role of human actors proves particularly prominent, i.e. the circumstances that informed creators’, producers’, owners’ and beholders’ motivations and responses. Certainly, such a complex relationship between things, people and images is not an exclusive feature of the pre-modern period’s print cultures. However, the rise of printmaking challenged some established rules in the arts and visual realms and thus provides a fruitful point of departure for further study of the development of the various functions and responses to printed images in the sixteenth century. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, print history, book history and European studies. The introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license at This book examines the early development of the graphic arts from the perspectives of material things, human actors and immaterial representations while broadening the geographic field of inquiry to Central Europe and the British Isles and considering the reception of the prints on other continents. The role of human actors proves particularly prominent, i.e. the circumstances that informed creators’, producers’, owners’ and beholders’ motivations and responses. Certainly, such a complex relationship between things, people and images is not an exclusive feature of the pre-modern period’s print cultures. However, the rise of printmaking challenged some established rules in the arts and visual realms and thus provides a fruitful point of departure for further study of the development of the various functions and responses to printed images in the sixteenth century. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, print history, book history and European studies. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Colour Plates 16 Acknowledgements 19 List of Contributors 20 List of Abbreviations 25 Introduction: People Between Multiplied Things and Modified Images 28 PART I Things 52 1 Multiplicity and Absence: The Negative Evidence of Interactive Prints 54 2 Playing With Destiny: Three Late Fifteenth-Century Uncut Playing-Card Sheets from Florence and Urbino 75 3 Cultivating Designs: Early Ornamental Prints and Creative Reproduction 90 4 Gillet and Germain Hardouyn's Print-Assisted Paintings: Prints as Underdrawings in Sixteenth-Century French Books of Hours 108 5 A Passion for Prints: Netherlandish Engravings in an Early Sixteenth-Century Prayer Book 124 PART II People 142 6 Eroticism Under a Watchful Eye: Censorship and Alteration of Woodcuts in Ovid's Metamorphoses Between the Fifteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries 144 7 Limitations of the Reception and Consumption of Illustrations in Chronica Polonorum by Maciej of Miechów (Cracow, 1521) 161 8 A Foreign Affair: Thomas Gemini and His Booklet of Moresque Designs 178 9 Speaking Images and Speaking to the Images: Inscriptions in Religious Prints Published by Antonio Lafreri 199 PART III Images 220 10 Saint George From Greater Poland: Complexities of the Reception of Albrecht Diirer's Engraving 222 11 Changing Fortunes: Diirer's Nemesis and the Beham Brothers 240 12 The Set of the Four Elements by Hendrick Goltzius and the Use of Engravings in the Seventeenth Century 256 13 Different Confessions, Different Visions of Heaven? Visual Eschatology, Cross-Confessional Conformity and Confessional Identity Marking in the Picture Motet The Adoration of the Lamb and in Its Reception 271 14 Prints and the Beginnings of Global Imagery 291 Index 342 This book examines the early development of the graphic arts from the perspectives of material things, human actors and immaterial representations while broadening the geographic field of inquiry to Central Europe and the British Isles and considering the reception of the prints on other continents.The role of human actors proves particularly prominent, i.e. the circumstances that informed creators', producers', owners'and beholders'motivations and responses. Certainly, such a complex relationship between things, people and images is not an exclusive feature of the pre-modern period's print cultures. However, the rise of printmaking challenged some established rules in the arts and visual realms and thus provides a fruitful point of departure for further study of the development of the various functions and responses to printed images in the sixteenth century.The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, print history, book history and European studies.The introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003029199-1/introduction-gra%C5%BCyna-jurkowlaniec-magdalena-herman?context=ubx&refId=b6a86646-c9f3-490d-8a06-2946acd75fda This Book Examines The Early Development Of The Graphic Arts From The Perspectives Of Material Things, Human Actors And Immaterial Representations While Broadening The Geographic Field Of Inquiry To Central Europe And The British Isles And Considering The Reception Of The Prints On Other Continents. The Role Of Human Actors Proves Particularly Prominent, I.e. The Circumstances That Informed Creators', Producers', Owners' And Beholders' Motivations And Responses. Certainly, Such A Complex Relationship Between Things, People And Images Is Not An Exclusive Feature Of The Pre-modern Period's Print Cultures. However, The Rise Of Printmaking Challenged Some Established Rules In The Arts And Visual Realms And Thus Provides A Fruitful Point Of Departure For Further Study Of The Development Of The Various Functions And Responses To Printed Images In The Sixteenth Century. The Book Will Be Of Interest To Scholars Working In Art History, Print History, Book History And European Studies. Chapter # Of This Book Is Freely Available As A Downloadable Open Access Pdf Under A Creative Commons Attribution-non Commercial-no Derivatives 4.0 License At Https: //tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/docs/open+access+chapters/9780367465117_oaintroduction.pdf "This book examines the early development of the graphic arts from the perspectives of material things, human actors and immaterial representations while broadening the geographic field of inquiry to Central Europe and the British Isles and considering the reception of the prints on other continents. The role of human actors proves particularly prominent, i.e. the circumstances that informed creators', producers', owners' and beholders' motivations and responses. Certainly, such a complex relationship between things, people and images is not an exclusive feature of the pre-modern period's print cultures. However, the rise of printmaking challenged some established rules in the arts and visual realms and thus provides a fruitful point of departure for further study of the development of the various functions and responses to printed images in the sixteenth century. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, print history, book history and European studies." -- Prové de l'editor L'ouvrage réunit les deux volumes de nouvelles de Musil, respectivement publiés en 1911 et 1924. Au total cinq nouvelles. Postface du traducteur