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THE BITE OF THE PRINT
Satire and Irony in Woodcuts, Engravings, Etchings and Lithographs
by Frank and Dorothy Getlein
illustrated with over 290 prints
New York 1963
Stron XXVI+272, format: 16x24 cm, papier kredowy
Książka używana: podniszczona obwoluta, innych defektów brak.
Stan dobry plus
Many of the best printmakers in the history of art have depicted the world with a jaundiced eye and caustic hand. In this handsome and thoughtful book, Frank and Dorothy Getlein contend that the technique of printmaking has always lent itself especially well to irony, social satire and the exposing of human folly. The results have often been humorous, biting or slightly wicked, but prints have never been more highly regarded and prized than they are today.
Starting with a careful explanation of the physical process itself, and showing how the method influences the subject matter and the point of view of the artist, the authors trace the beginning of prints in Europe and the emergence of Albrecht Diirer as the first great print-master.
The book then devotes a chapter to Diirer's students and successors, considers Rembrandt, Callot, Hogarth, Goya, Dau-mier, Rouault, and some modern Americans, among others, showing in each case how the method affected the ideas that the artist presented, and why some prints are effective and successful while others are not. They consider the relation of prints to society and discuss the ironies of the market itself.
(continued on back flap)
The Bite of the Print throws new light on an important segment of art. Its stimulating point of view will appeal to anyone interested in the history of art and its relation to society.
Table of contents
I- The Bite 4
the emperor and the pope, Anonymous German 5
the laughing audience, William Hogarth 7
is this what you were born for?, Francisco Goya 9
dr. gachet, Vincent Van Gogh n
poverty, Käthe Kollwitz 13
lens bombed, Otto Dix 13
II. The Bitten 16
across the field, Robert Gwathmey 17
pardon me, sir, if i disturb you a little, Honore Daumier 19
Lithograph stone and printing press 19
Woodcut, block and tools 21
god over the city, Ernst Barlach 21
moment of-impact, Eugene Mecikalski 21
Engraving, plate and tools 23
an election entertainment, William Hogarth 23
Wood engraving, block and tools 23
Etching, plate and tools, acid bath, printing press 25
portrait of a man, Ludwig Meidner 27
Aquatint, plate and tools 29
the blacksmith, Eugene Delacroix 29
among those who stood there, Abraham Rattner 31
III. In the beginning: Love and Death 34
head of a man in a fantastic helmet, Anonymous
Italian 35
death dance, Michael Wolgemut 37
the road to calvary, Master of Amsterdam (Master
of the Hausbuch) 37
man of sorrows, Master E. S. 39
man of sorrows, Anonymous (School of Ulm?) 39
fantastic letter « q », Master E. S. 41
the death of the virgin, Martin Schongauer 43
the agony in the garden, Martin Schongauer 43
the brazen serpent, Allaert Du Hameel 43
three naked men tied to a tree, Jacopo de' Barbari 45
sacrifice to priapus, Jacopo de' Barbari 45
the apostles carrying the coffin of the virgin,
Jacob Cornelisz Van Amsterdam 45
bacchanal with a wine press, Andrea Mantegna 47
hercules and anteus, School of Andrea Mantegna 47
madonna and child, Andrea Mantegna 49
battle of the nudes, Antonio Pollaiuolo 49
IV. Albrecht Dürer of Nürnberg 52
the four riders of the apocalypse 53
the martyrdom of the ten thousand christians 55
the martyrdom of st. catherine 55
the martyrdom of st. john 55
st. John's vision of christ and the seven
candlesticks 57
four angels staying the winds and marking
the chosen 57
the seven trumpets are given to the angels 57
battle of the angels 59
st. john devours the book 60
the sea monster and the beast with the lamb
horns 60
st. michael fighting the dragon 61
the adoration of the lamb and the hymn of
the chosen 61
the woman of babylon 61
the new jerusalem 63
christ bearing the cross 65
the agony in the garden 66
the last supper 66
christ in limbo 66
the men's bath 67
four witches 67
master and helper drawing a lute 69
artist drawing a nude woman 69
adam and eve 70
the great fortune 71
melancholy 71
the knight, death and the devil 73
V. After Dürer 76
alphabet of death, Hans Holbein 77
the dance of death, Hans Holbein 79
the witches, Hans Baldung (Grien) 81
the bewitched groom, Hans Baldung (Grien) 81
adam and eve, Hans Baldung (Grien) 83
Aristotle and phyllis, Hans Baldung (Grien) 83
calvary, Lucas Van Ley den 85
ecce homo, Lucas Van Leyden 85
the dance of the magdalene, Lucas Van Leyden 87
justice, Pieter Bruegel 88
the rich kitchen, Pieter Bruegel 88the poor kitchen, Pieter Bruegel 89
the alchemist, Pieter Bruegel 89
summer, Pieter Bruegel 91
the lamentation of Christ, Hercules Seghers 93
VI. Rembrandt 96
the return of the prodigal son 97
the angel appearing to the shepherds 99
the three trees ioi
goldweigher's field IOI
faust in his study 103
flight into egypt 105
christ seated, disputing with the doctors 105
christ between his parents, returning from
the temple 107
christ healing the sick 109
the three crosses, 1st state, 4th state III
christ presented to the people, 1st state, 7th state 113
VII Two Professionals, Callot and Piranesi 116
balli di sfessania, Jacques Callot 117
beggar on crutches, Callot Il8
a suffering beggar seated, Callot Il8
the gobbi, Callot 119
the temptation of st. anthony, Callot 121
the little miseries, Callot 123
the miseries and disasters of war, Callot 124-129
arch of titus, Giovanni Battista Piranesi 131
Hadrian's villa, Piranesi 131
appian way near albano, Piranesi 133
the prisons, Plates 1, 2, Piranesi 134
the prisons, Plates 3, Piranesi 135
the prisons, Plates 7, 14, Piranesi 137
the prisons, Plates 15, 16, Piranesi 139
VIII Hogarth 142
southwark fair 143
enraged musician 145
the harlot's progress, Plates I, 2 147
the harlot's progress, Plates 3, 4 149
the harlot's progress, Plates 5, 6 151
the rake's progress, Plates 1, 3 153
the rake's progress, Plates 4, 8 154
marriage a la mode, Plates 1,2 155
marriage à la mode, Plates 3, 4 157
marriage à la mode, Plate 5 159
tail piece or the bathos 159
beer street 161
IX. Goya 164
los caprichos, Plate 1 165
los caprichos, Plates 2, 10, 13 166
los caprichos, Plates 14, 15, 33 167
los caprichos, Plates 36, 41 169
los caprichos, Plates 42, 43, 45 171
los caprichos, Plates 50, 51, 57 172
los caprichos, Plates 62, 63, 74 173
disparates, Plates 1, 2 175
disparates, Plates 3, 8 176
disparates, Plates 10, 13 177
disparates, Plate 22 179
los desastres de la guerra, Plate 1 181
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 2, 7 182
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 13, 15 183
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 32, 47 184
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 48, 6l 185
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 69, 73 187
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 75, 77 188
los desastres de la guerra, Plates 79, 80 189
the giant i9t
X. Daumier 194
very humble, very submissive, very obedient
and above all very voracious subjects i95
ring down the curtain, the farce is over 195
the legislative belly 197
lafayette done for 197
don't meddle with the press 199
rue transnonain, april 15, 1834 199
robert macaire, distinguished beggar 20i
ladies and gentlemen, silver mines... 20i
bertrand, i adore industry 20i
you have lost your suit, it's true 203
i thought to name my drama 203
hero and leander 203
odysseus and penelope 205
the dream of the inventor of the needle gun 205 poor france! 205
XI. Rouault 208
miserere, Plates 1, 2, 6 209
miserere, Plates 8, 9 211
miserere, Plates 10, 11, 13 213
miserere, Plates 15, 16, 20 215
miserere, Plates 23, 31 216
miserere, Plate 35 217
miserere, Plates 34, 38, 40 219
miserere, Plates 44, 48 221
miserere, Plate 51 222
miserere, Plates 52, 54, 55 223
miserere, Plates 57, 58 225
XII. Kathe Kollwitz 228
weavers cycle: death, conspiracy, march of the
weavers 229
weavers cycle: riot, the end 231
peasant war cycle: plowing, sharpening the scythe 232
peasant war cycle: outbreak, after the battle 233
peasant war cycle: the prisoners 235
war cycle: the sacrifice, the widow i 237
war cycle: the parents,the people 238
death cycle: woman welcoming death 239
death cycle: death in the water, death upon
the highway 241
death cycle: death reaches for a woman, death
as a friend, death with girl in lap 242
death cycle: death swoops, the call of death 243
self-portrait, 1934 245
seed corn must not be ground 245
XIII. Printmaking Today 248
saul and david, Emil Nolde 249
the cry, Edvard Munch 251
wounded, fall, 1916, bapaume, OttO Dix 25 i
Christmas eve, George Grosz 252
the frugal repast, Pablo PicaSSO 253
the jungle, Reginald Marsh 255
roofs, summer night, John Sloan 255
in the ozarks, Thomas Hart Benton 257
sweatshop, William Gropper 257
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