Exposition : "A Revolution in Printmaking. The Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcut of the Sixteenth Century", Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, du 22 septembre 2017 au 14 janvier 2018.

A Revolution in Printmaking. The Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcut of the Sixteenth Century. Cologne - Wallraf-Richartz Museum 22 septembre 2017 - 14 janvier 2018 Scarcely another method has had such a deep and lasting effect on print-making as the invention in 1516 of the chiaroscuro woodcut by Italian artist Ugo da Carpi. After centuries of simple woodcut prints, the chiaroscuro technique constituted a totally new means of expression. By using differently cut wood blocks, artists were at last ab..