{"product_id":"aquatint-worlds-douglas-fordham-9781913107048","title":"Aquatint Worlds: Travel, Print, and Empire, 1770-1820","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating investigation of how aquatint travel books transformed the way Britons viewed the world and their place within it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publications--Thomas and William Daniell's \u003ci\u003eOriental Scenery \u003c\/i\u003e(1795-1808), William Alexander's \u003ci\u003eCostume of China \u003c\/i\u003e(1797-1805), and Samuel Daniell's \u003ci\u003eAfrican Scenery and Animals \u003c\/i\u003e(1804-5)--this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Fordham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913107043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913107048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Mellon Centre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 10.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Douglas Fordham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065976271103,"sku":"9781913107048","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1b72149-4724-4dc6-8317-0702635f8d1d.jpg?v=1768677810","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aquatint-worlds-douglas-fordham-9781913107048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}