Prints and visual communication / by William M. Ivins, Jr.

Identifier:REF.PM.1797

Dimensions:xxv, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Publication dates:1969

published in association with: Harvard University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Printmaking, creating with the arts, History

Description:"A radically new approach to the understanding of prints as medium, 'Prints and Visual Communication'- a lucid and probing examination of the nonliterary communication of ideas and information- is a cornerstone in the study of media and their influence on the modern man...The main thrust of Ivin's argument is that the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge of any sore- whether it be botanical classification systems or instructions for manufacturing industrial apparatus- is ultimately dependent not on words, but on standardized graphic illustrations. In elaborating this stimulating viewpoint, the author discusses in considerable depth the history of printmaking, from the earliest crude woodblocks, through engraving, etching, and lithography, to Talbot's discovery of the negative-positive photographic precess and its consequences."-- from dust-jacket

Includes index.