Lithography and the Beginnings of modern mass media

Landmarks of 19th century French lithography by Théodore Géricault, Eugene Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, Edouard Manet, Jules Chéret, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Fully illustrated catalogue of highlights from Zimmerli Art Museum’s renowned collection of French prints and posters

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Set in Stone

Lithography in Paris, 1815 - 1900

Prints and Posters from the Zimmerli Art Museum Collection

In the early 19th century, artists and printers embraced the new medium of lithography, an innovative method to mass-produce and distribute images. Known for its collection of French prints and posters, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University has rich holdings of lithographs made over the course of the 1800s, including examples from lithography’s early years in Paris to iconic colour posters from the 1890s.

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Invented around 1796, lithography introduced a new process and new opportunities for the creation and circulation of printed images. Artists, printers, and publishers embraced the new medium for its relative ease and economic advantages as compared with the established printmaking media of woodcut, engraving, and etching. Taking root in Paris around 1815 after the fall of Napoleon’s empire, the art and industry of lithography grew in tandem with the city, as it became Europe’s artistic and urban capital over the course of the nineteenth century. Lithographs played a distinct role in both documenting and advancing (and often satirizing) the various and competing art movements of the period as publishers responded to the unprecedented demand for printed images of all types.

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Christine Giviskos

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184 pages, 130 colour illustrations
24 x 30 cm, hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-7774-2994-6

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