FILTER RESULTS
by Artist
by Artist
by Century
by Country
by Object Type
by Period
Venice, Italy
188319th century
3 3/4 in. x 8 1/8 in. (9.53 cm x 20.64 cm)
Joseph Pennell, American, (ca. 1860–1926)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
etching and drypoint on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Gerard R. Pomerat on behalf of Dr. Charles M. Pomerat
Accession Number:
1997.164
Pennell depicts Venice as a "floating city" simplifying the architecture into simple geometric shapes depicted across a high horizon line, seemingly floating across an empty expanse of water suggested by nothing more than a few lines and washes of ink. Pennell depicted venice in many forms and themes, ranging from this nearly abstract composition to more traditional scenes of the city. Works like "Venice, Italy" and "A Venetian Palazzo" show Pennell's great versatility in both subject matter and technique. - Spencer Wigmore '11
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
This object has the following keywords:
19th Century,
American*,
drypoint (printing process)*,
drypoints (prints)*,
etching (printing process)*,
etchings (prints)*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*
- 19th Century
- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- drypoint (printing process) - Intaglio process in which a sharp needle scratches the plate creating a burr that yields a characteristically soft and velvety line in the final print.
- drypoints (prints) - Prints made using the drypoint process.
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
Additional Images
Click an image to view a larger version
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (95 x 206 mm)