| FT-53634-05 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Stephen P. Rice | Picture Nation: Commercial Wood Engraving in Nineteenth-Century America | 5/1/2005 - 7/31/2005 | $5,000.00 | Stephen | P. | Rice | | | | Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah | NJ | 07430-1623 | USA | 2005 | American Studies | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
“Picture Nation” will trace the rise and fall of commercial wood engraving in America from the 1820’s, when artisans trained in the craft were first able to make a living by producing illustrations for books and magazines, through the 1890’s, when publishers began to favor “half-tone” images that were easily and inexpensively made using a new photographic process. The study will join art historical questions about subject, style, artistic achievement, and critical reception with social historical questions about work, commerce, and industrial change. |