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New website for episodes over at platemarkpodcast.com

1/22/2022

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Please visit the new website for Platemark and its episodes. It is more robust and user friendly.

www.platemarkpodcast.com
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Episode 11: History of Prints | The Italians (Parmigianino)

1/18/2022

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In Episode 11, co-hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig talk about chiaroscuro woodcuts before moving on to the Mannerist painter and printmaker Parmigianino. Coming off the High Renaissance and the Sack of Rome in 1527, artists were looking for ways to shake it up. Out goes the solid forms and placid emotions and in comes the twisting, off-kilter compositions and extremes in emotions. Parmigianino is the first to really take up etching in a meaningful way (it's been engraving until this point--remember, Dürer tried etching but hated it). Tru makes the case for Parmigianino as a crucial creator. Ann becomes a fan.

Recent exhibition catalogue on chiaroscuro woodcuts:
Naoko Takahatake, ed. The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Munich and New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.

General history of prints by Linda Hults:
Linda Hults. The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.


picture of a couple
picture of allegorical painting
picture of sistine ceiling
picture of a madonna and child
picture of an artist
picture of Diogenes
picture of a madonna and child
picture of Mary and dead Christ
picture of Diogenes
picture of a sculpture
picture of a saint carrying young Christ
picture of a saint
picture of the martyrdom of two saints
picture of the martyrdom of two saints
picture of the martyrdom of two saints
picture of Christ's entombment
picture of a young couple in love
picture of Christ's entombment
picture of Christ in the Garden
picture of St Francis' stigmatization
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Episode 10: History of Prints | The Italians (MarcAntonio Raimondi)

1/4/2022

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In episode 10, Ann and Tru continue talking about Italian printmaking in the 16th century focusing on MarcAntonio Raimondi, Agostino Veneziano, Giulio Romano, and our first female artist, Diana Scultori. They take a deep dive into MarcAntonio's Judgment of Paris (after a drawing by Raphael), from which Edouard Manet extracted the figural group for Dejuener sur l'herbe. Plus, the 1527 Sack of Rome changes everything.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

picture of nude men in battle
picture of St Anthony and demons
picture of nude men in battle
picture of the judgment of Paris
picture of Lucretia
picture of a picnic
picture of two people embracing
picture of the sculpture the Laocoon
picture of the sculpture the Laocoon
picture of David by Michelangelo
picture of the sculpture the Laocoon
picture of the Visitation
picture of Jesus in a temple
picture of the virgin and child
picture of an old master painting
picture of a procession
picture of woman and child by river
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Episode 9: History of Prints | The Italians (part two Mantegna)

12/20/2021

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In episode 9, Ann and Tru continue their conversation about early Italian printmaking with a strong focus on the engravings of Andrea Mantegna. They also talk about chiaroscuro woodcuts, always keeping the North within eyesight.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

picture of St Christopher
picture of St Jerome
picture of Diogenes
picture of 10 nude men in battle
picture of a painted ceiling
picture of Christ rising from the tomb
picture of sculptural frieze
picture of Christ with two saints
Picture of a chapel wall painting
picture of a baccanal
picture of a baccanal
picture of Adam and Eve
picture of sea creatures in battle
picture of St Sebastian
picture of a 15th century dissection
picture of dead Christ
picture of Virgin and Child
picture of Madonna and Christ child
picture of St Jerome
picture of St Jerome
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Episode 8: History of Prints | The Italians (vs the North)

12/7/2021

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In episode 8, Ann and Tru get back to art after a detour into techniques and materials. This time they talk about the early history of prints and books in Italy, comparing it to Northern Europe. Differences in style and materials are discussed using the example of Masaccio's The Holy Trinity with the Virgin and St. John and donors, 1425–27, the fresco painting in chapel in Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, and the Ghent Altarpiece, Jan and Hubert van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, 1432, an oil and tempera on wood multi-paneled altarpiece in St. Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. Circling back to prints, we also talk a lot about Antonio Pollaiuolo's engraving, the landmark Battle of the Ten Nude Men, c. 1490. Of course, Dürer pops back up, too.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

picture of a saint
picture of a female figure
picture of an altarpiece
picture of a crucified Christ
picture of Christ carrying the cross
picture of ten nude men in battle
picture of two men wrestling
picture of a 15th century dissection
picture of a book
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Episode 7: History of Prints techniques | intaglio

11/1/2021

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In episode 7, Ann and Tru talk about Ann's favorite, intaglio. It's an umbrella term that includes: engraving, drypoint, etching, mezzotint, aquatint.

Images below are a sampling of the kinds of intaglio prints discussed.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

picture of a nose
picture of an eye and nose
picture of a surprised artist
picture of nose and eye
picture of an artist having a nightmare
picture of an artist in a bowler hat
diagram of intaglio printmaking
picture of artist staring
portrait of a typewriter
picture of a mezzotint rocker
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Episode 6: History of Prints techniques | relief

11/1/2021

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In episode 6, Ann and Tru talk about the oldest form of printmaking, relief. That includes woodcuts, linoleum cut, wood engraving, reduction woodcuts, jigsaw woodcuts. Tru makes woodcuts, so has a special kinship with the technique.

Images below are a sampling of the kinds of relief prints discussed.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

picture of four horsemen
picture of two boats at dock
picture of dead mother and baby
picture of a hanged man
picture of motorcycles on a speedway
picture of ship at dock
picture of colorful flower shapes
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Episode 5: History of Prints materials | paper and ink

11/1/2021

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In episode 5, Tru and Ann dive into the necessary preliminary information on materials, the paper and the ink. They talk about paper and printing presses and various printing inks. Without these materials, prints wouldn't exist.

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond

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Episode 4: History of Prints | Albrecht Dürer (part two)

10/26/2021

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In episode 4, Ann and Tru finish up talking about Albrecht Dürer, including his meisterstücke Knight, Death, and the Devil (my personal favorite), St. Jerome in His Study, and Melencolia I. He had a remarkable career and changed the perception and reception of prints in Europe at the beginning of the 16th century.

Images are credited to their collection/institution and are in the public domain. They appear in the order they are discussed. 

Platemark series two | History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Schongauer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Mantegna
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Rembrandt
picture of a print by Marcantonio Raimondi after Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of an equestrian statue in Venice
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a section of The School of Athens by Raphael at the Vatican
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a print by Durer
picture of a painting by Durer
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Bonus Episode: History of Prints | Ann and Tru's art origins

10/15/2021

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In this bonus episode, Ann and Tru talk about what got them interested in art in the first place. Not when they decided to major in art history in college, but when as a child that interest was first piqued. As a child in suburban New York, Ann's mother was a painter who had a studio in the house. Ann was always welcome to play with the materials in the studio and fell in love. Her choice of art history was her attempt to feel closer to her mom, who died when Ann was twelve. Tru's childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, included an argument shelf in the dining room, which contained books available to settle disagreements: the Bible, dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia. Tru's mother was a journalist and the presence of multiple copies of the day's newspapers fostered an interest and recognition of the power of print. 

Platemark series two: History of Prints
Co-hosts: Ann Shafer and Tru Levy
Producer: Ann Shafer
Theme music: Michael Diamond
Picture of two people looking at art
Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig deep diving into Rembrandt's Three Crosses, Baltimore Museum of Art, 2013. Photo: Ben Levy
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