Paper Knives, Paper Crowns: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic

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Author: Warren, MaureenThis volume explores the satirical visual strategies that early modern Netherlandish printmakers used to memorialise historical events, lionise (or demonise) domestic and international leaders, and instigate collective action. This volume provides a thematic overview of political prints, addressing multiple types of printmaking as well as the medium’s relationship to other art forms, engaging with art historical scholarship and studies of early modern political history in the process. While some of their prints employ visual puns that even the illiterate could enjoy, others were captioned in Latin, French or Dutch, prompting educated elites across Europe to consider the relationship between text and image in earnest. ISBN 9781646570294. Krannert Art Museum. hb. 184 pages. 89 colour ills. 28 x 24 cm.available Show more