Ausst.: Fogg Art Museum Cambridge, Mass. : 1915

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Excerpt from A Loan Exhibition of Early Italian Engravings (Intaglio) Following the fine manner, the next step in the progress of the 1art is the development of the broad manner. In this the engravers undertook to lay their shading lines; in the same way that the artists did When working With pen or metal point. Pollaiudlo's great master-. Piece (no. 25) is made in this way, and, still shows traces of the sifve'r smith's method of cutting. In the engravings by the hand Oeanr tegna (nos. The broad manner is seen. At its culminating point. Here the Silversmith has disappeared, and the creative artist- is seen boldly transferring his linear method to the copper plate, without alteration or compromise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Ausst.: Fogg Art Museum Cambridge, Mass. : 1915