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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France - National Gallery of Art, and Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, and Phillips, Ivan E (Contributions by)
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One of the most glorious and creative periods in the history of colour printmaking occurred in 18th-century France. Newly invented engraving and etching techniques were combined with new ways of printing a single image from multiple plates, allowing printmakers to replicate a broad palette of colours using variants of only four: blue, red, yellow and black. The resulting prints were so believable that they were often called printed paintings and engraved drawings. familiar to scholars and collectors, but the artists whose ...

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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France 2004, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

ISBN-13: 9780894683091

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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France 2003, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, Washington, DC

ISBN-13: 9780853318927

Hardcover