Main entry:

Karr Schmidt, Suzanne.

Title & Author:

Altered and adorned : using Renaissance prints in daily life / Suzanne Karr Schmidt with Kimberly Nichols.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Chicago, Illinois] : Art Institute of Chicago, [2011]
New Haven and London : [Distributed by Yale University Press], [2011]
©2011

Description:

112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago on April 31-July 10, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Using Renaissance prints -- Single- and multi-sheet prints -- Prints and books -- Applied prints -- Religious prints as substitute objects -- Printed scientific objects -- "Affixed and ordered" printmaking -- Physical qualities of early prints / Kimberly Nichols.

Summary:

Today, Renaissance-era prints are typically preserved behind glass or in solander boxes in museums, but these decorative objects were once a central part of everyday life. This book is a look at how prints were used to create sewing patterns, affixed on walls and glued into albums and books.

ISBN:

9780300169119 (hbk.)
0300169116 (hbk.)

Subject:

Prints, Renaissance Exhibitions.
Prints, European 16th century Exhibitions.
Estampe de la Renaissance Expositions.
Estampe européenne 16e siècle Expositions.
Prints, European
Prints, Renaissance

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Nichols, Kimberly, author.
Cuno, James B., writer of foreword.
Art Institute of Chicago, publisher, host institution.
Yale University Press, distributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275441
Call No.: BIB 209679
Status: Available