Painted Prints The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts

E-174: The Pennsylvania State University Press. Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. 2002. 297 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An old master print with color is almost invariably regarded as a suspect object because the color is presumed to be a cosmetic addition made to compensate for deficiencies of design or condition. Painted Prints challenges this deeply entrenched assumption about the material and aesthetic structure of old master prints by showing that in many cases hand coloring is not a dubious supplement to a print but is instead an integral element augmenting its expressive power, beauty, and meaning. EB; 12.0 X 9.1 X 1.2 inches; 297 pages .