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Over a four-century span the art of printmaking in the West evolved from the naive woodcut of the Middle Ages to the dramatic metal engraving of the Renaissance and the sophisticated lithograph of the nineteenth cdentury. Like painting and sculpture, printmaking is a major form of artistic expressio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
[1980]
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| Series: | Smithsonian illustrated library of antiques
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| Summary: | Over a four-century span the art of printmaking in the West evolved from the naive woodcut of the Middle Ages to the dramatic metal engraving of the Renaissance and the sophisticated lithograph of the nineteenth cdentury. Like painting and sculpture, printmaking is a major form of artistic expression. |
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| Physical Description: | 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 121) and index. |