Author: Borham, HollyBeginning in the early 1960s, Leo Steinberg amassed a collection of more than 3,500 prints spanning the medium’s 500-year history in the West. Through close observation of his prints, Steinberg developed some of his most innovative arguments about the instructive richness of the copy and the expressive potential of body language. This lavishly illustrated volume examines the development of Steinberg’s remarkable collection and its role in his scholarship. Steinberg’s prints formed a visual library that shaped his scholarship in fundamental ways. His collection, incorporating the work of artists both famous and obscure, illuminates his claim that before photography, prints functioned as the “circulating lifeblood of ideas,” disseminating figures and styles across boundaries. ISBN 9781646570348. Blanton Museum of Art. pb. 164 pages. 125 colour ills. 25.4 x 20.3 cm.available
