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Series Two Episodes

s2e28 History of Prints Claude Mellan (part two)
May 2, 2023

s2e28 History of Prints Claude Mellan (part two)

In s2e28, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their two-part conversation about Claude Mellan. An encounter with Mellan’s best known work, The Holy Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Sudarium, is to be a witness to greatness.

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s2e27 History of Prints Claude Mellan (part one)
April 18, 2023

s2e27 History of Prints Claude Mellan (part one)

In s2e27, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig begin a two-part conversation about Claude Mellan, who engraved the most astonishing portrait of Jesus Christ in the history of art. In fact, if it weren’t for his print of the Holy …

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s2e26 History of Prints Jacques Callot (part two)
April 4, 2023

s2e26 History of Prints Jacques Callot (part two)

In s2e26, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their conversation about 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 news …

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s2e25 History of Prints Jacques Callot (part one)
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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s2e24 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part four)
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. Once again, for clarity, a reproductive print is one in which an artist creates a design (a drawing, painting, sculpture) and another artist creates a...

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s2e23 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part three)
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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s2e22 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part two)
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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s2e21 History of Prints Reproductive Prints (part one)
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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s2e19 History of Prints Rembrandt (genre scenes and portraits)
May 10, 2022

s2e19 History of Prints Rembrandt (genre scenes and portraits)

Facial expressions in five lines or less

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s2e18 History of Prints Rembrandt (landscapes)
April 26, 2022

s2e18 History of Prints Rembrandt (landscapes)

Rembrandt is arguably the finest etcher ever

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s2e17 History of Prints Hendrick Goltzius
April 12, 2022

s2e17 History of Prints Hendrick Goltzius

Muscles on muscles on muscles

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s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder
March 29, 2022

s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Proverbs, virtues, and vices

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s2e15 History of Prints The Protestant Reformation (part two)
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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s2ep14 History of Prints The Protestant Reformation (part one)
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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