The “Writing” of Modern Life: The Etching Revival in France, Britain, and the U.S., 1850-1940
Edited by Elizabeth K. Helsinger (NHC Fellow, 1997–98; 2007–08) What is it about etching that renders it—according to both the poet-critic Charles Baudelaire and the visionary artist Samuel Palmer—a medium of writing? And, moreover, what makes etching equally adaptable to the expression of both memory and modernity? The “Writing” of Modern Life examines British, French, and American … Continued