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The Eighteenth‐Century Print: Tracing the Contours of a Field
Author(s) -
Fordham Douglas,
Albright Adrienne
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2012.00903.x
Subject(s) - printmaking , enlightenment , engraving , conceptualization , visual arts , field (mathematics) , centrality , print culture , focus (optics) , art , tracing , calligraphy , scholarship , art history , computer science , political science , painting , artificial intelligence , law , philosophy , physics , theology , mathematics , combinatorics , pure mathematics , optics , operating system
This essay examines new developments and trends in the study of eighteenth‐century prints, with a particular focus on reproductive engraving, book illustration, fine art etching, and caricature. Recent studies demonstrate an increasingly theoretical engagement with the production and reception of prints and assert the centrality of prints and printmaking to the field of art history. Digital scanning and database technology have dramatically expanded scholarly access to the printed page, posing both opportunities and challenges to the conceptualization of the Enlightenment print.