Prints in Translation, 1450-1750

Uniting scholars from different art-historical fields, this interdisciplinary collection elucidates the agency of prints on more traditionally valued objects, and vice-versa. Contributors explore how paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, scientific instruments, and armor exerted their own influence on prints, while prints provided artists with paper veneers, templates, and perpetual sources of adaptable images. The volume is concerned with translation and the fluid re-purposing of original designs made possible by the availability of prints.