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March 2009

Exhibition notice

by Leann Davis Alspaugh

On “Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 31–April 26, 2009.

Albrecht Dürer, The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I (1515)
CourtesyThe Philadelphia Museum of Art

Printmaking has had a checkered history. Overshadowed by the spectacular effects of painting and the grandeur of sculpture, prints have often been considered works of mere craftsmanship and mechanical reproduction. While scholars and curators know better, there are still plenty of print collectors who ...

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Leann Davis Alspaugh writes about art, literature, and opera.


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This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 27 March 2009, on page 44

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