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An illuminating investigation of how aquatint travel books transformed the way Britons viewed the world and their place within it In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publicationsâ¿Thomas and William Daniellâ¿s Oriental Scenery (1795â¿1808), William Alexanderâ¿s Costume of China (1797â¿1805), and Samuel Daniellâ¿s African Scenery and Animals (1804â¿5)â¿this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism. Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
An exceptionally thoughtful and well-written biography of one of the most influential studio potters in Britain
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