Distinguished Images: Prints and the Visual Economy in Nineteenth-Century France

by Stephen Bann

This multifaceted book reviews the vast range of types of printmaking that flourished in France during the 19th century. Studies of this period's printmaking tend to be confined to histories of individual processes, such as lithography or steel engraving. This study surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy."

Lithography, etching, and engraving are all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300177275
• ISBN13: 9780300177275
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.3"