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AR 346-01: Selected Topic;
Contemporary Print Art and the Letterpress
Steven Michael Vroom: Instructor
Course Description This course will survey the fascinating Contemporary Print Art world via slides and the internet. We will examin all aspects of the trade and traditions involved with print art and the letterpress. We will have active
demonstrations of all media involved
Course Materials : Selected readings will be placed on 3 day reserve in the Library
{Listed in Shelf Order}
Eichenberg, Fritz The Art of the Print NE 400 E32 c2
Zigrosser, Carl Prints & their Creators NE 430 Z5 1974
Castleman, Riva Prints of the 20th Century NE 490 C39
Laliberte, Norman 20th Century Woodcuts NE 490 L3
American Printmaking: The First 150 Years NE 505 M8
Acton, David A Spectrum of Innovation NE 506 A29 c.2
Baro, Gene 30 Years of American Print NE 508 B27 c.2
Field, Richard A Graphic Muse NE 508 F5
Graphic Excursions: American Prints 1900-1950 NE 508 G74
Johnson, Una Anerican Prints and Printmakers NE 508 J6
Printmaking in America: Collaborative Prints NE 508 P69
Allan, Lois Contemporary Printmaking in the NW NE 525 A45
Progressive Printmakers: WI Artists and the Print Ren. NE 538 M33 C65
Fine, Ruth Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration NE 539 G4A4
Carey, Frances Avant-Garde British Printmaking NE 628 C37
Terry Winters Prints 1982-1998 NE 539 A4 1999
Hayter, Stanley W. About Prints NE 850 H39
Bickford, John New Media in Printmaking NE 850 B5
Capon, Robert Introducing Abstract Printmaking NE 860 C3
Year Book of American Etching: 1914 NE 1952 C5
Rembrandt Etchings NE 2054.5 R4 L4
Goya The Complete Etchings NE 2062 G7
Romano, Clare The Complete Collagraph NE 2232 R65
MMA The Painterly Print NE 2243 P3
Antreasian, Garo TheTamarind Book of Lithograph NE 2425 A5
Syllabus [subject to revision]
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Week Topic
1 and 2 Introduction and Course Philosphy
3 and 4 Print Traditions in the West {Europe and the Americas}
5 and 6 Print Traditions in the East {Asia}
7 and 8 The Post World War II Print Revival*
9 and 10 ULAE, Gemini, Tamarind, Black Sun Presses
11 and 12 Print Co-operatives
13 and 14 The Letterpress Revival and Book Arts
15 & Final Print and Digital Technology*
Course Requirements: This class will investigate aspects of contemporary issues involving Print Art with two 5-7 page position
papers due on 7/12/01* and 8/9/01* [45% each]. Class participation
[10%] The College system of lettergrades will be used.
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