The Print in Early Modern England by Malcolm Jones- This link opens in a new window
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ISBN: 0300136978
Publication Date: 2010-08-24
The print repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries in England has been neglected historically, and this book rectifies a major oversight in the history of English visual art. It provides an iconographic survey of the single-sheet prints produced during the early modern era and brings to light significant recent discoveries from this visual storehouse. It publishes many works for the first time and places them in their cultural context. Portents and prodigies, the formal moralities and doctrines of Christianity, the sects of Christianity, visual satire of foreigners and others, domestic political issues, social criticism and gender roles, marriage and sex, as well as numerical series and miscellaneous visual tricks, puzzles, and jokes, are all examined.