Art As Image: Prints and Promotion in Cincinnati, Ohio - Hardcover

Cornell, Alice M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082141335X ISBN 13: 9780821413357

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Cincinnati was a major printing and publishing center from the earliest days of the Old Northwest Territory. The spectacular technological and artistic developments in the 19th-century printing trade nationally were reflected in the Cincinnati printmakers’ achievements, many of which were promotional in nature.

Highlights of Cincinnati prints, printing, and graphic design are the focus of this book, which includes examinations of the work of The Strobridge Lithographing Company and its circus posters, the participation of the Smithsonian Institution in the Cincinnati Centennial Exhibition, a survey of Cincinnati printing and graphic design, an examination of early engraved Cincinnati views, Emil Klauprecht and the German-American influence in Cincinnati printing, lithographic portraits by Ehrgott & Forbriger, and the unique contributions of The United States Playing Card Company of Cincinnati.

This book is a unique collaboration between two of Ohio’s university presses in providing a hardcover version of this important study along with access to the accompanying website devoted to faithful reproduction of the color images discussed within the book.

The total package is an illuminating and eclectic introduction to the varied and colorful history of Cincinnati printing.

About this title

About the Author

Alice M. Cornell serves as Head of the University of Cincinnati Archives & Rare Books Department and Assistant Director/ Editor-in-Chief of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press.

Reviews

Back when Ohio was still considered part of the Northwest Territory, Cincinnati developed a publishing industry that began to rival those of Boston and Philadelphia. Locally produced paper and an influx of skilled European immigrants contributed to an explosion of print culture. Cornell (archives and rare books department, Univ. of Cincinnati) has assembled a collection of essays and appendixes documenting this time and place and, together with the University of Cincinnati Digital Press, created a web site for related illustrations and abstracts. In addition, the book includes a checklist of selected materials available in the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, as well as a list of artists and publishers participating in the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition of 1888. While there is more detail and factual information than the casual reader may desire, this source is ideal for primary research, and students of media studies, American history, and visual culture will find it useful. Susan Lense, Upper Arlington P.L., OH
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082141335X
• ISBN 13: 9780821413357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Cornell Alice M.