Printing Colour 1400 - 1700 ─ History, Techniques, Functions and Receptions

In Printing Colour 1400–1700, Ad Stijnman and Elizabeth Savage offer the first handbook of early modern colour printmaking before 1700 (when most such histories begin), creating a new, interdisciplinary paradigm for the history of graphic art.

Ad Stijnman PhD (Amsterdam) FRHistS is a researcher on historical printmaking materials and processes at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. He has published monographs and numerous articles on the practical aspects of historical printing and printmaking techniques, including Engraving and Etching 1400-2000 (Archetype 2012).Elizabeth Upper, PhD (2013), Cambridge University, is Research Associate at The John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. Her research into early modern colour printing techniques has won two international awards and been published in journals including the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch.