Introduction: Toward an Archaeology of the Early Printed Image

• Autores: David S. Areford
• Localización: Studies in iconography, ISSN 0148-1029, Nº. 24, 2003, págs. 1-5
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Part of a special section presenting fresh scholarly approaches to the first printed images in Europe. The three articles in the section began as papers presented at the “New Directions in the Study of the Early Printed Image” session at the 2000 International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. In general, the study of print culture has been mainly concerned with the impact of printed texts, though early woodcuts and metalcuts have been featured on the fringes of various studies in recent years. The study of 15th-century prints—steeped in connoisseurship—has thus lagged behind theoretical developments in the humanities. In contrast, the three articles presented here insist on reconstructing the context of the early printed image by examining woodcuts and metalcuts in situ in the manuscripts in which they were placed by their original viewers. The articles take their cue from scholarship that acknowledges the complex transition from manuscript to print culture.