Copyright in the Renaissance: Prints and the Privilegio in Sixteenth-Century Venice and Rome
Biographical note
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Ph.D. (1981) in Art History, Bryn Mawr College, is Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College. He has published extensively on Italian Renaissance painting, prints, and architecture.
Readership
Renaissance art historians and everyone interested in the early history of printing and publishing (prints and books), plus anyone interested in copyright, legal history, Renaissance culture, and European intellectual history.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART I. SURVEY
1. Printmaking in Sixteenth-Century Italy
2. Copyright in Venice and Rome
3. Proprietorship, Licensing, Censorship
4. Printed Images and Copyright in Venice before 1517
PART II. RECIPIENTS
5. Prints Granted Copyright in Venice before 1517
6. Publishers of Prints and Books in Venice after 1517
7. Publishers of Prints and Books in Rome
8. Engravers and Copyright in Venice and Rome
9. Painters and Copyright in Venice and Rome
10. Maps and Geographical Prints
11. Prints and Books on Architecture
12. Writing Manuals and Pattern Books
Appendix A. Handlist of Prints Granted and/or Published with a Privilegio (1498–c. 1605)
Appendix B. Copyright Elsewhere in Italy and Europe
Bibliography
Index
I. Names, Subjects, and Titles
II. Places and Locations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART I. SURVEY
1. Printmaking in Sixteenth-Century Italy
2. Copyright in Venice and Rome
3. Proprietorship, Licensing, Censorship
4. Printed Images and Copyright in Venice before 1517
PART II. RECIPIENTS
5. Prints Granted Copyright in Venice before 1517
6. Publishers of Prints and Books in Venice after 1517
7. Publishers of Prints and Books in Rome
8. Engravers and Copyright in Venice and Rome
9. Painters and Copyright in Venice and Rome
10. Maps and Geographical Prints
11. Prints and Books on Architecture
12. Writing Manuals and Pattern Books
Appendix A. Handlist of Prints Granted and/or Published with a Privilegio (1498–c. 1605)
Appendix B. Copyright Elsewhere in Italy and Europe
Bibliography
Index
I. Names, Subjects, and Titles
II. Places and Locations
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