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Series Two Episodes

March 21, 2023

s2e25 History of Prints Jacques Callot (part one)

In s2e25, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig take an in-depth look at Jacques Callot, who is the first printmaker in Western art to record the atrocities of war. He heads up any list of artists using prints to spread …

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Feb. 21, 2023

s2e24 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part four)

Platemark s2e24 concludes hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig’s conversation on reproductive prints. This episode stars Hendrick Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens.

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Jan. 24, 2023

s2e23 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part three)

Platemark s2e23 continues hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig’s conversation on reproductive prints. For clarity, a reproductive print is one in which an artist creates a design (a drawing, painting, sculpture) and another artist creates a print after...

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Nov. 29, 2022

s2e22 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part two)

More on reproductive prints, the backbone of the history of prints

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Nov. 7, 2022

s2e21 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part one)

Reproductive prints are the backbone of the history of prints and deserve better

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May 10, 2022

s2e19 History of Prints Rembrandt (genre scenes and portraits)

Facial expressions in five lines or less

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April 26, 2022

s2e18 History of Prints Rembrandt (landscapes)

Rembrandt is arguably the finest etcher ever

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April 12, 2022

s2e17 History of Prints Hendrick Goltzius

Muscles on muscles on muscles

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March 29, 2022

s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Proverbs, virtues, and vices

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March 15, 2022

s2e15 History of Prints The Protestant Reformation (part two)

Martin Luther and prints by Hans Holbein and Lucas Cranach

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March 1, 2022

s2ep14 History of Prints The Protestant Reformation (part one)

The Protestant Reformation opens up all sorts of possibilities for artists

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Feb. 15, 2022

s2e13 History of Prints The Italians (Ghisi and Barocci)

Reproductive or autographic? Barocci does both simultaneously

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Feb. 1, 2022

s2e12 History of Prints The Italians (Titian)

Titian is everything, Vesalius is groundbreaking, Scolari is overlooked

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Jan. 18, 2022

s2e11 History of Prints The Italians (Parmigianino)

Mannerist painter/printmaker Parmigianino in the spotlight

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