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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

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"An indispensable addition to the literature, this informative publication is not only one of very few books available in English on the subject, but it also reproduces for the first time all the featured prints in full colour. Authors examine the history, marketing, and collecting of these prints, as well as the tools, techniques, and papers used in making them."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 769.944 — Arts & recreation Printmaking & prints Prints History, geographic treatment, biography Europe France & Monaco
LCC: NE647.2 .N38 — Fine Arts 218-(330) Engraved portraits. Self-portraits Print media History of printmaking

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Published: 2003
Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 769.944
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