The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850 (Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Yale))

The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850 (Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Yale))

by Cordulia Grewe (Author), Catriona MacLeod (Author), Warren Breckman (Author), John Ittmann (Author), Mitchell B. Frank (Author)

Synopsis

From the 1770s through the 1840s, German, Austrian, and Swiss artists used the medium of printmaking to create works that synthesized poetry, literature, music, and the visual arts in new and captivating ways. Finding an eager audience in the growing number of educated middle-class collectors, printmakers experimented with modern technologies, such as lithography, and drew on the contemporary interest in regional folklore and traditional fairy tales to produce innovative compositions that both contributed to and reflected the dramatic cultural and political upheavals of the Romantic era. Featuring the work of more than 120 artists, including Casper David Friedrich, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Joseph Anton Koch, Philipp Otto Runge, and Johann Gottfried Schadow, this authoritative book contains many unique and never-before-published examples of prints from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's unrivaled collection.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 24 Oct 2017

ISBN 10: 0300197624
ISBN 13: 9780300197624

Media Reviews
In this well-gestated residue of an exhibition held in 2013, illustrated works are given succinct entries at the back. The result is scholarship packaged for consumption by a wide range of readers, who are invited to explore engagingly written, beautifully illustrated essays easily read at a single sitting. --Patricia Emison, Choice
Author Bio
John Ittmann is the Kathy and Ted Fernberger Curator of Prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.