Breaking the Mould: The First 100 Years of Lithography (Panizzi Lectures)

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This stimulating and richly illustrated volume addresses the changes brought about by lithography within the design and production of a variety of graphic material: books, prints, music, maps, and ephemera. Underpinning the text is the view that lithographic printers and their co-workers revealed limitations within the capabilities of in advance methods of print production by exploring the variability of opportunities offered by the brand new process.
 
In Breaking the Mould Professor Twyman demonstrates how these print workers responded to the economy, directness, versatility, and autographic qualities of lithography, and how probably the most techniques they used led to the blurring of distinctions between printing processes. He then explores the lithographically printed products of the nineteenth century, and argues that the categorisation of printing by artefact – introduced for practical reasons by museums and libraries -obscures probably the most most significant contributions made by the process all the way through its first one hundred years. In any case – bringing the debate into current thinking – Professor Twyman suggests that research into lithography across artefactual boundaries can give guidance for somebody studying the integration of graphic communication brought about by the electronic revolution.
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