Altered and Adorned
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Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life
Suzanne Karr Schmidt, with Kimberly Nichols
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Format: HC - Paper over BoardPrice: $35.00
Today Renaissance-era prints are typically preserved behind glass or in solander boxes in museums, but these decorative objects were once a central part of everyday life. Altered and Adorned is a delightful, surprising look at how prints were used: affixed on walls; glued into albums, books, and boxes; annotated; hand-colored; or cut apart.
This handsome volume introduces readers to the experimental world of printmaking in the mid-15th and 16th centuries and the array of objects it inspired, from illustrated books, sewing patterns, and wearable ornaments to printed sundials and anatomical charts. It features many never-before-published treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago's rich permanent collection, along with essays on the ways prints functioned—in some cases as three-dimensional and interactive works—and how their condition communicates their use.
Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition Schedule:
The Art Institute of Chicago
(04/30/11-07/10/11)
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Art Institute of Chicago
(04/30/11-07/10/11)
Publication Date: June 7, 2011
Publishing Partner: Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
98 color illus.
