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Book SynopsisThe rich history of blue paper, from the late fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, illuminates themes of transcultural interchange, international trade, and global reach. Through the examinations of significant works, this volume investigates considerations of supply, use, economics, and innovative creative practice. How did the materials necessary for the production of blue paper reach artistic centers? How were these materials produced and used in various regions? Why did they appeal to artists, and how did they impact artistic practice and come to be associated with regional artistic identities? How did commercial, political, and cultural relations, and the mobility of artists, enable the dispersion of these materials and related techniques? Bringing together the work of the world's leading specialists, this striking publication is destined to become essential reading on the history, materials, and techniques of drawings executed on blue paper.
Table of ContentsForeword - Timothy Potts Introduction - Edina Adam and Michelle Sullivan Blue paper in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Italy - Thea Burns Making Blue Paper: Innovations in the Dutch Republic 1650-1750 - Leila Sauvage and Marie-Noelle Grison Venetian blue paper, artistic exchange, and regional identity - Iris Brahms An Exercise in Blue: Learning to Draw in Tintoretto's Workshop - Edina Adam Jean-Baptiste Oudry: Blue Paper and Artistic Identity in Eighteenth- Century France - Camilla Pietrabissa Grounded in Blue: Materiality and Presentation in an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Drawing - Mari-Tere Alvarez Examination of Blue Paper: A Systematic Approach - Michelle Sullivan Technical Appendix Acknowledgments Exhibition checklist Bibliography Index
