Word: printings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PRINTS AND PRIVILEGES: REGULATING THE PRINT IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY ITALY...
Hicks: I saw some really cool Prada leather underwear in NY but didn't have sufficient funds at the time. Actually, I never have the sufficient funds! I do, however, own leopard-print underwear but I thought that animal skin would be going a little too far for an amateur so I settled on the black K-mart special...
...These prints are precursors to the later invention of the camera. The appeal of this style to the masses was that, for the first time, everyday people saw artwork in which their life was replicated. Print artists recorded familiar scenes in extreme detail. The market place, the country landscape, the butcher's meat market all are recorded with such accuracy that the viewer's mind dizzies at the intricacy with which lines are drawn. The prints were also used in order to display political or social allegories, much like the political cartoons of today's newspapers...
...course, it is undeniable that it takes quite a bit of skill to create the French prints. Line structure is extremely complex; contrast between light and dark areas within the print is obviously extremely difficult, given the task of creating depth with only two colors is a challenging feat in any medium. Indeed, these prints do deserve approval from a technical standpoint...
...this section exercise particularly difficult printmaking techniques, my personal favorite being the head of Jesus, which is made up entirely of concentric lines all relating to one recurring middle point, from which the circles emanate. The more famous artists were able to give this separate life to the print through a mixture of increased technical difficulty and uniqueness in perspective...