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10 October is the official publication date for Printing Colour 1700 - 1830: Discoveries, Rediscoveries and Innovations in the Long Eighteenth Century. Join editors Elizabeth Savage and Meg Grasselli, plus selected authors as we celebrate this landmark work. Expect a deep dive into histories of printing in color, hear contributors update us on their research, and (maybe) a discussion of issues raised when printing books in color about books in color.
About the book:
Printing Colour 1700-1830 . . . examines the rich period of invention, experimentation and creativity surrounding colour printing in Europe between two critically important developments, four-colour separation printing around 1710, and chromolithography around 1830. Its 28 essays expand the corpus beyond rare fine art impressions to include many millions of colour-printed images and objects. The chapters unveil the explosive growth in the production and marketing of colour prints at this pivotal They address the numerous scientific and technological advances that fed the burgeoning popularity for such diverse colour-printed consumer goods as clothing, textiles, wallpapers, and ceramics. They recontextualise the rise in colour-printed paper currencies, book endpapers and typography, and ephemera, including lottery tickets and advertisements. This landmark volume launches colour printing of the long 18th century as an interdisciplinary field of study, opening new avenues for research across historical and scientific fields.
Elizabeth Savage is a historian of art and print. She specializes in pre-industrial western printing techniques, especially for printing color in late medieval and early modern Europe.
Margaret Morgan (Meg) Grasselli recently retired as Curator of Old Master Drawing at the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC).
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We look forward to seeing you on 9 October.
Sarah Lowengard Elizabeth Savage Giulia Simonini
Co-Conveners, Color Studies Working Group, CHSTM