Books by Richard Benson
The Printed Picture
by Richard Benson
The evolution of the printed object, right from early cave paintings all the way through to the most sophisticated print-making. Very accessible, very readable, beautiful. You can dip into this book anywhere. I’m opening it up now at colour carbon printing. There’s a gorgeous print of a flower on the right side and three paragraphs on the left explaining what colour carbon printing is. As a book it makes no extravagant claims. It’s quite modest and it has a real honesty to it. It’s a history of printing, but it’s also a beautiful example of what the history of printing has made possible.
Interviews where books by Richard Benson were recommended
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen on Extraordinary Art Books
The arts books publisher chooses a book about Rembrandt’s representation of his own nose, and tells the bigger story is about the way in which Rembrandt renders sense of flesh in his prints and his oil paintings
