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قراءة كتاب John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut
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John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut
John Baptist Jackson:
18th-Century Master
of the Color Woodcut
Jacob Kainen
CURATOR OF GRAPHIC ARTS
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
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This work forms number 222 of the Bulletin series.
Remington Kellogg
Director, United States National Museum
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Preface | IX |
|
Jackson and his Tradition |
3 |
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The Woodcut Tradition |
4 |
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Status of the Woodcut |
7 |
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The Chiaroscuro Tradition |
9 |
|
Jackson and his Work |
13 |
|
England: Obscure Beginnings |
14 |
|
Paris: Perfection of a Craft |
17 |
|
Venice: The Heroic Effort |
25 |
|
England Again: The Wallpaper Venture |
40 |
|
Critical Opinion |
51 |
|
Postscript |
54 |
|
Catalog |
69 |
|
Prints by Jackson |
71 |
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Jackson’s Workshop |
90 |
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Unverified Subjects |
95 |
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The Chiaroscuros and Color Woodcuts |
97 |
|
Bibliography |
171 |
|
Index to Plates |
177 |
|
Index |
181 |
PREFACE
John Baptist Jackson has received little recognition as an artist. This is not surprising if we remember that originality in a woodcutter was not considered a virtue until quite recently. We can now see that he was more important than earlier critics had realized. He was the most adventurous and ambitious of earlier woodcutters and a trailblazer in turning his art resolutely in the direction of polychrome.
To 19th century writers on art, from whom we have inherited the bulk of standard catalogs, lexicons, and histories—along with their judgments—Jackson’s work seemed less a break with tradition than a