Art in Reproduction: Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israels and Ary Scheffer

703 Pages·2007·8.54 MB·English

by  Robert Verhoogt

ART IN REPRODUCTION
Nineteenth-Century Prints after
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls
and Ary Scheffer

ROBERT VERHOOGT
amsterdam university press
ART IN REPRODUCTION
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ROBERT VERHOOGT
ART IN REPRODUCTION
Nineteenth-Century Prints after
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls
and Ary Scheffer
amsterdam university press
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© Robert Verhoogt
© Amsterdam University Press
Omslag…
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contents
PREfAcE
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IntROdUctIOn
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chapter 1
PInxIt Et ScUlPSIt
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Pinxit ?

Sculpsit ?

The author of a reproduction ?
chapter 2
fROm EngRAVIng tO PhOtOgRAPhy
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Graphic art reproduction (1800-1835) ?

Graphic innovation (1835-1860) ?

Graphic versus photographic art reproduction (1860-1900) ?

From graphic to photographic art reproduction ?
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chapter 3
fROm ORIgInAl tO REPROdUctIOn
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Initiating the reproduction ?

Organising the reproduction ?

The production of the reproduction ?

From original to reproduction ?
chapter 4
fOR cOnnOISSEURS And AmAtEURS
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The distribution of the reproduction ?

Intermezzo: art reproduction in illustrated periodicals ?

The reception of a reproduction ?

The public for reproductions ?
chapter 5
thE mOSt fRAmEd ARtISt
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Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) And reproductionS After hiS Work

Scheffer and the droit de reproduction ?

Independent reproductions ?

Reproductions in illustrated publications ?

The public for Scheffer reproductions ?

Scheffer’s work versus reproductions ?
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chapter 6
ISRAëlS And hIS chIldREn’S BESt clOthES
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Jozef iSrAëlS (1824-1911) And reproductionS After hiS Work

Israëls and reproductierecht ?

Independent reproductions ?

Reproductions in illustrated publications ?

The public for Israëls reproductions ?

Israëls’ work versus reproductions ?
chapter 7
‘I RAthER lIkE tO cOmBInE PROfIt wIth PlEASURE’
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lAWrence AlmA-tAdemA (1836-1912) And reproductionS After hiS Work

Alma-Tadema and copyright ?

Independent reproductions ?

Reproductions in illustrated publications ?

The public for Alma-Tadema reproductions ?

Alma-Tadema’s work versus reproduction ?
chapter 8
fROm ARt tO REPROdUctIOn
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SUmmARy
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cOlOURPlAtES
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NOTEs ?

BIBlIOGRAPHy ?

INDEx ?

IllUsTRATION CREDITs ?
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PREfACE
In early 1885, the Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was con-
cerned about his artistic production at that moment. In a letter to his friend
Carel Vosmaer he complained: ‘Art is going badly here, the paintings won’t
come off. So what will those Goupils [the art- dealer/publisher goupil, rv] have to
reproduce?’1 He explicitly pointed out the interesting relation between his art
and the reproduction of it. In the course of history, works of art have been re-
produced in many ways. Prints and photographs after paintings and drawings
formed the public reputations of artists and their works for centuries. However,
less attention has been paid to the reproductions themselves. Art in Reproduc-
tion. Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Israëls and Ary
Scheffer describes the cultural history of art reproduction in the nineteenth-cen-
tury art world. New (photo-)graphic techniques and the legal developments of
copyright, the rise of the art market and art publishing resulted in a wide distri-
bution of printed reproductions to the general public in the nineteenth century.
The engravings, lithographs, etchings and photographs represent the images
of other works of art. At the same time they are interesting visual interpreta-
tions themselves. This interaction between the original and the reproduction
gives a print or photograph of a work of art its own internal structure. It is this

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