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Art in Reproduction: Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israels and Ary Scheffer PDF

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ART IN REPRODUCTION Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls and Ary Scheffer ROBERT VERHOOGT amsterdam university press ART IN REPRODUCTION Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 1 13-04-2007 11:31:42 Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 2 13-04-2007 11:31:42 ROBERT VERHOOGT ART IN REPRODUCTION Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls and Ary Scheffer amsterdam university press Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 3 13-04-2007 11:31:42 © Robert Verhoogt © Amsterdam University Press Omslag… Etc… Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 4 13-04-2007 11:31:43 contents PREfAcE 9 IntROdUctIOn ? chapter 1 PInxIt Et ScUlPSIt ? Pinxit ? Sculpsit ? The author of a reproduction ? chapter 2 fROm EngRAVIng tO PhOtOgRAPhy ? Graphic art reproduction (1800-1835) ? Graphic innovation (1835-1860) ? Graphic versus photographic art reproduction (1860-1900) ? From graphic to photographic art reproduction ? Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 5 13-04-2007 11:31:43 chapter 3 fROm ORIgInAl tO REPROdUctIOn ? Initiating the reproduction ? Organising the reproduction ? The production of the reproduction ? From original to reproduction ? chapter 4 fOR cOnnOISSEURS And AmAtEURS ? The distribution of the reproduction ? Intermezzo: art reproduction in illustrated periodicals ? The reception of a reproduction ? The public for reproductions ? chapter 5 thE mOSt fRAmEd ARtISt ? Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) And reproductionS After hiS Work Scheffer and the droit de reproduction ? Independent reproductions ? Reproductions in illustrated publications ? The public for Scheffer reproductions ? Scheffer’s work versus reproductions ? Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 6 13-04-2007 11:31:43 chapter 6 ISRAëlS And hIS chIldREn’S BESt clOthES ? Jozef iSrAëlS (1824-1911) And reproductionS After hiS Work Israëls and reproductierecht ? Independent reproductions ? Reproductions in illustrated publications ? The public for Israëls reproductions ? Israëls’ work versus reproductions ? chapter 7 ‘I RAthER lIkE tO cOmBInE PROfIt wIth PlEASURE’ ? lAWrence AlmA-tAdemA (1836-1912) And reproductionS After hiS Work Alma-Tadema and copyright ? Independent reproductions ? Reproductions in illustrated publications ? The public for Alma-Tadema reproductions ? Alma-Tadema’s work versus reproduction ? chapter 8 fROm ARt tO REPROdUctIOn ? SUmmARy ? cOlOURPlAtES ? NOTEs ? BIBlIOGRAPHy ? INDEx ? IllUsTRATION CREDITs ? Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 7 13-04-2007 11:31:43 Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 8 13-04-2007 11:31:43 PREfACE In early 1885, the Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was con- cerned about his artistic production at that moment. In a letter to his friend Carel Vosmaer he complained: ‘Art is going badly here, the paintings won’t come off. So what will those Goupils [the art- dealer/publisher goupil, rv] have to reproduce?’1 He explicitly pointed out the interesting relation between his art and the reproduction of it. In the course of history, works of art have been re- produced in many ways. Prints and photographs after paintings and drawings formed the public reputations of artists and their works for centuries. However, less attention has been paid to the reproductions themselves. Art in Reproduc- tion. Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls and Ary Scheffer describes the cultural history of art reproduction in the nineteenth-cen- tury art world. New (photo-)graphic techniques and the legal developments of copyright, the rise of the art market and art publishing resulted in a wide distri- bution of printed reproductions to the general public in the nineteenth century. The engravings, lithographs, etchings and photographs represent the images of other works of art. At the same time they are interesting visual interpreta- tions themselves. This interaction between the original and the reproduction gives a print or photograph of a work of art its own internal structure. It is this  Hoofdstuk_0 . AUP RV v01.indd 9 13-04-2007 11:31:43

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Works of art have always been reproduced: not necessarily cleverly, not necessarily cleanly, and often with an eye toward profit.  Those concerned with this important aspect of the art world have often paid attention to how these reproductions have helped to form the reputations of artists and thei
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