L’illustration des éditions parisiennes du xvie siècle : commanditaires et possesseurs des planches
In sixteenth-century books illustrations were used as much for accompanying and structuring the text as for decorating purposes. Most of the illustration engravings were commissioned by writers and printers. For the writers images were sometimes indispensable to clarify a subject. For the printers t...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Français |
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2017
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In sixteenth-century books illustrations were used as much for accompanying and
structuring the text as for decorating purposes. Most of the illustration engravings
were commissioned by writers and printers. For the writers images were sometimes
indispensable to clarify a subject. For the printers they were also an additional commercial argument. Materials were even kept after printing, since their reuse permitted
to reduce the costs of illustrated editions. Printers would put together in their workshops real collections of engravings they could draw from if necessary. Based on
archival documents and the analysis of the typographical equipment of printers, this
article aims at showing definite examples of the commissioning of illustrations for the
sixteenth-century Parisian editions, as well as the mechanisms in building collections
of printing plates. |
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