Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Representing Nature, Picturing Machines

Published byMadison Bennett Modified over 6 years ago

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "Representing Nature, Picturing Machines"— Presentation transcript:

1 Representing Nature, Picturing Machines

2 The Renaissance Printing Press
1568

3 Books in the Bodleian, Oxford

4 Printing Images “The printing of pictures, however, unlike the printing of words from movable types, brought a completely new thing into existence – it made possible for the first time pictorial statements of a kind that could be exactly repeated during the effective life of the printing surface. This exact repetition of pictorial statements has had incalculable effects upon knowledge and thought, upon science and technology of every kind. It is hardly too much to say that since the invention of writing there has been no more important invention than that of the exactly repeatable pictorial statement.” William M. Ivins, Jr., Prints and Visual Communication, p. 3

5 The Power of Print First Printed Image of a Press, 1499

6 Pliny’s warning “Pictures, however, are very apt to mislead, and more particularly when such a number of tints is required for the imitation of nature with any success; in addition to which, the diversity of copyists from the original paintings, and their comparative degree of skill, add very considerably to the chances of losing the necessary degree of resemblance to the originals.” Pliny the Elder, Natural History IV.25

7 Techniques of Illustration
Woodcuts Etchings Copperplate Engravings

8 Printing Machines Robert Valturius’s Art of War (1472)

9

10 Representing Nature The Garden of Health (1485)

11 Daffodil and Lily

12 Diagramming the Heavens Sacrobosco’s Sphere (1485)

13

14 Sacrobosco in manuscript, 15th century

15 Sacrobosco, Venice 1501 edition

16 Depicting the Body Mondino’s Anatomy (1493 edition)

17 Leonhart Fuchs History of Plants (1542)

18 Black and White or Color?

19 Albrecht Durer’s rhinoceros, 1515

20

21 1543: Vesalius and Copernicus

22

23

24 Agostino Ramelli’s Bookwheel, 1588

25 Johannes Stradanus, Nova Reperta, ca. 1600

26 Printing

27 Copperplate engraving

28 Controlling Print: Tycho and Kepler

Download ppt "Representing Nature, Picturing Machines"

Similar presentations

Albrecht Dürer Master of Detail. A Self-portrait Born May 21, 1471 Nuremburg, Germany Died April 5, 1528 At one time, was claimed to be the greatest artist.

Albrecht Dürer Master of Detail. A Self-portrait Born May 21, 1471 Nuremburg, Germany Died April 5, 1528 At one time, was claimed to be the greatest artist.
7.47 Analyze the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information, ability to manufacture paper, translation of the Bible into vernacular, and.

7.47 Analyze the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information, ability to manufacture paper, translation of the Bible into vernacular, and.
HISTORY OF SCRATCHBOARD. ENGRAVINGS Prehistoric Engraving Dates back 3,000 years Evidence of engravings on walls of caves, on stone, clay, bone and ivory.

HISTORY OF SCRATCHBOARD. ENGRAVINGS Prehistoric Engraving Dates back 3,000 years Evidence of engravings on walls of caves, on stone, clay, bone and ivory.
Emphasis/ Center of Interest Emphasis is an area in an artwork that visually stands out from the rest of the piece Artists use center of interest to attract.

Emphasis/ Center of Interest Emphasis is an area in an artwork that visually stands out from the rest of the piece Artists use center of interest to attract.
Mrs. Barbier. Printing or printmaking is transferring an inked image from one prepared surface to another. Often the surface to which a printed images.

Mrs. Barbier. Printing or printmaking is transferring an inked image from one prepared surface to another. Often the surface to which a printed images.
Kick Off October 9, 2013 Imagine that you have lived in Florence, Italy immediately following the Black Death. You survived, but many around you haven’t.

Kick Off October 9, 2013 Imagine that you have lived in Florence, Italy immediately following the Black Death. You survived, but many around you haven’t.
Albrecht Dürer Artist Naturalist Master Printmaker.

Albrecht Dürer Artist Naturalist Master Printmaker.
Ch. 11 The Renaissance Section 3 The Renaissance beyond Italy

Ch. 11 The Renaissance Section 3 The Renaissance beyond Italy
UNIT 4 Chapter 17 – European Renaissance & Reformation

UNIT 4 Chapter 17 – European Renaissance & Reformation
Botanical Illustrations History and Process. Albrecht Dürer Botanical drawings in situ, in their natural habitat. His watercolors mark him as one of the.

Botanical Illustrations History and Process. Albrecht Dürer Botanical drawings in situ, in their natural habitat. His watercolors mark him as one of the.
Illuminated Manuscripts A Brief History of the Birth of Illustration.

Illuminated Manuscripts A Brief History of the Birth of Illustration.
Printmaking. Mount Fuji, from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, color woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai.

Printmaking. Mount Fuji, from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, color woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stencil Graffiti, Printmaking, and T-shirts. Printmaking Earlier in the year we discussed the various aspects of printmaking. This project will focus.

Stencil Graffiti, Printmaking, and T-shirts. Printmaking Earlier in the year we discussed the various aspects of printmaking. This project will focus.
The Renaissance Moves North. Renaissance Spreads North Northern Europe recovered more slowly from the Black Death Northern Europe recovered more slowly.

The Renaissance Moves North. Renaissance Spreads North Northern Europe recovered more slowly from the Black Death Northern Europe recovered more slowly.
Linoleum Block Printing Grade 5. Printing became useful after the invention of the movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg.

Linoleum Block Printing Grade 5. Printing became useful after the invention of the movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg.
Printmaking. The history of the relief print is the history of people’s desire to communicate information, first through symbols and later through images.

Printmaking. The history of the relief print is the history of people’s desire to communicate information, first through symbols and later through images.
HISTORY AND EXAMPLES PRINTMAKING. WHAT IS A PRINT? A Picture that is produced so that it can be MULTIPLIED Usually done on WOOD, METAL, or STONE.

HISTORY AND EXAMPLES PRINTMAKING. WHAT IS A PRINT? A Picture that is produced so that it can be MULTIPLIED Usually done on WOOD, METAL, or STONE.
Printmaking A Process of Art in which designs are transferred from an inked surface to a support surface. Above: Hokusai (woodblock), Warhol (silkscreen),

Printmaking A Process of Art in which designs are transferred from an inked surface to a support surface. Above: Hokusai (woodblock), Warhol (silkscreen),
1-2: The Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance Begins Artistic Ideas Spread Northern Writers Try to Reform Society The Elizabethan Age Printing.

1-2: The Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance Begins Artistic Ideas Spread Northern Writers Try to Reform Society The Elizabethan Age Printing.
Important Individuals of the Renaissance.   Where in history have we seen printing before?  Woodblock printing in China in the 3 rd century and Egypt.

Important Individuals of the Renaissance.   Where in history have we seen printing before?  Woodblock printing in China in the 3 rd century and Egypt.

Similar presentations

Ads by Google