Power of the Print
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Brandon Neal Jones Bachelors of Art in Art History ‘14 Bachelors of Fine Art (Studio) ‘11
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“The Power of the Print and the New World,” and it is based on “The Indulgent Image: Prints in the New World” by Thomas B. F. Cummins The Oxford English Dictionary provides a couple of dozen definitions for the word print, but there was one that provided a pretty decent summary of “the print.” The OED defines the prints as “a picture or design made from an inked impression of an engraved metal plate, wooden block, lithographic stone, etc. In later use also: a printed reproduction of an image, esp. of a work of art.” See LOUCHEart.com for more information.
Transcript of Power of the Print
Brandon Neal JonesBachelors of Art in Art History ‘14
Bachelors of Fine Art (Studio) ‘11
The Indulgent Image:
Prints in the New World
by Thomas B. F. Cummins
1.“Prints could quickly create a common visual culture over a vast
geographic area.”
2.“Pictorial elements and compositions in prints were sources for
other prints, giving images a sense of familiarity even when
something new and unknown was depicted.”
3.“Prints allowed many more individuals of humble means to
acquire devotional images and thus have personal access to the
divine.”
4.“Prints provided a visual language that could easily be used by
native artists to express their own concerns and histories.”
