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Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving

Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving

Evelyn, John

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Art HistoryJewelryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353709032
ISBN13: 9789353709037
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before photography, the world was carved into metal. Lines cut; histories are revealed. In Sculptura historico-technica, John Evelyn offers a rare historical engraving treatise that moves between workshop practice and the wide view of culture. Written in seventeenth-century England, it reads as both a printmaking techniques manual and an antiquarian art reference: how plates are prepared, what engraving tools and methods achieve, and why etching and copperplate printing changed the way knowledge, portraits, maps, and taste travelled. Along the way, Evelyn surveys the rise of the art, the makers who advanced it, and the collector's standards by which prints were judged. It is clear, curious, and intensely visual in its thinking. For modern readers it offers a steady vocabulary for analysing line, tone, and finish, and for understanding printmaking decisions you can actually see. More than a guide to craft, it is a landmark in the history of printmaking and early modern art, recording how images multiplied and ideas circulated long before the modern press. Dip in for practical understanding, or read straight through as a portrait of artists and printmakers at work. Use it as a print collecting reference, a companion to museum visits, or a grounding text for art history students tracing the lineage from burin to book illustration. Evelyn's authority makes it essential for any library of art. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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