Stunning collection of early prints, exploring how they transformed art, belief, power, and the spread of ideas.
This richly illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on iconic Renaissance and Baroque prints and their enduring impact on viewers. Featuring outstanding examples of over 100 prints by celebrated artists such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and other Old Masters, the book explores how printmaking sparked imagination, deepened faith, and elicited desire across four centuries.
The book also traces the technical evolution of print media and explores how prints became powerful tools of mass communication, fundamentally altering how ideas and knowledge spread. Its thematic focus reveals the striking ways prints shaped devotional practices, political critique, artistic self-promotion, and class-and gender-based identities in the pre-photographic world.
| ISBN: | 9781785516535 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2026 |
| Author: | Sandra F Racek |
| Publisher: | Scala Publishers an imprint of Rizzoli |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 152 pages |
| Genres: |
Prints and printmaking History of art |
Stunning collection of early prints, exploring how they transformed art, belief, power, and the spread of ideas.This richly illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on iconic Renaissance and Baroque prints and their enduring impact on viewers. Featuring outstanding examples of over 100 prints by celebrated artists such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and other Old Masters, the book explores how printmaking sparked imagination, deepened faith, and elicited desire across four centuries.
Creativity, Devotion, and Desire features in the following genres: Prints and printmaking, History of art
Hardback. £32.40, down from the £36.00 cover price. Pre-order. 15th October 2026.
Creativity, Devotion, and Desire was written by Sandra F Racek and published by Scala Publishers an imprint of Rizzoli
Creativity, Devotion, and Desire has 152 pages
£32.40, reduced from £36.00. Pre-order. 15th October 2026.