Jun 20, 2023
In s3e28, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Linda Hults, retired professor of art history from the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Linda wrote THE textbook on the history of Western prints, which any student of the topic will undoubtedly still have on their shelves. At nearly 1,000 pages, the book offers up more than 800 illustrations and covers print history from Gutenberg through the early 1980s. It also includes incredibly thorough notes, bibliography, glossary, and index. It is indispensable.
Since retirement, Linda continues to contribute to the field essays and articles ranging in subjects from the devil and witchcraft to masculinity.
Episode image by Linda Hults.
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Madonna and Child with
Angels (Madonna with the Long Neck), c. 1534–40. Oil on panel.
216.5 x 132.5 cm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675). Woman Writing a Letter,
with her Maid, c. 1670. Oil on canvas. 71.1 x 60.5 cm.
National gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). The Great Hercules,
1589. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 21 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.
(555 x 404 mm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1557–1827). The Devil’s
Darling, March 12, 1814. Etching with hand coloring. Plate: 13
3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (34.9 × 24.8 cm.); sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.
(37.4 × 26.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833–1898). The Sacrifice, drawing
for Plate 1 of Les Sataniques, c. 1882. Tempera,
colored pencil, black crayon, gouache, and gold on Pellée paper. 30
x 19.1 cm. (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.). Galerie Patrick Derom, Brussels
(sold).
Frans Francken the Younger (Flemish, 1581–1642). Witches’
Sabbath, 1606. Oil on oak panel. 62 x 51 cm. Victoria and
Albert Museum, London.
Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673). Scenes of Witchcraft:
Day, c. 1645–49. Oil on canvas. 54.5 cm. (21 7/16 in.) The
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, 1450–1516). The Garden of
Earthly Delights, 1490–1500. Oil on wood (triptych). Overall:
328.2 x 185.8 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). The Fall of Man or
Adam and Eve, 1504. Engraving. 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8
in). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). Le Déjenuer sur
l’herbe, 1863. Oil on canvas. 208 x 264.5 cm. Musée d’Orsay.
Paris.
USEFUL LINKS
William M. Ivins, Jr. Prints and Visual Communication. Boston, The MIT Press, 1969.