Aquatint Worlds: Travel, Print, and Empire, 1770-1820

Aquatint Worlds: Travel, Print, and Empire, 1770-1820
Douglas Fordham
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Hardback
h286 x 241mm - 328pg
12 Nov 2019 UK
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9781913107048
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An illuminating investigation of how aquatint travel books transformed the way Britons viewed the world and their place within it In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publications-Thomas and William Daniell's Oriental Scenery (1795-1808), William Alexander's Costume of China (1797-1805), and Samuel Daniell's African Scenery and Animals (1804-5)-this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism.
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ISBN-13: 9781913107048
Published: 12 Nov 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Format: Hardback
Height: 286mm
Width: 241mm
Pages: 328

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