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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Creativity, Devotion, and Desire: Printmaking in Europe 1475-1800

Creativity, Devotion, and Desire: Printmaking in Europe 1475-1800

Racek, Sandra F.

Hardcover

General Antiques & CollectiblesPrintmaking

Publisher Price: $45.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 3, 2026

ISBN10: 1785516531
ISBN13: 9781785516535
Publisher: Scala Books
Published: Nov 3 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 1.25
Language: English
Stunning collection of early prints, exploring how they transformed art, belief, power, and the spread of ideas.

This richly illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on iconic Renaissance and Baroque prints and their enduring impact on viewers. Featuring outstanding examples of over 100 prints by celebrated artists such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and other Old Masters, the book explores how printmaking sparked imagination, deepened faith, and elicited desire across four centuries. The book also traces the technical evolution of print media and explores how prints became powerful tools of mass communication, fundamentally altering how ideas and knowledge spread. Its thematic focus reveals the striking ways prints shaped devotional practices, political critique, artistic self-promotion, and class-and gender-based identities in the pre-photographic world.

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