TY - THES AU - Evelyn Lincoln AB - This dissertation examines the relationship of printmaking, in the first century after its development in Europe, to the culture of Italy in that period. The first uses of prints point to changes in artisanal, courtly, technical, educational, linguistic and devotional conventions of Italian life. I locate printed images in a historical framework discussing them as cultural artifacts, which reveals structures of employment, changing conceptions of artistic practice and style, and an understanding of the range printmaking offered for economic independence and social maneuvering. CY - Berkeley, CA LA - English M3 - Ph.D. Dissertation N2 - This dissertation examines the relationship of printmaking, in the first century after its development in Europe, to the culture of Italy in that period. The first uses of prints point to changes in artisanal, courtly, technical, educational, linguistic and devotional conventions of Italian life. I locate printed images in a historical framework discussing them as cultural artifacts, which reveals structures of employment, changing conceptions of artistic practice and style, and an understanding of the range printmaking offered for economic independence and social maneuvering. PB - University of California PP - Berkeley, CA PY - 1994 EP - 334 pp. TI - Printing and Visual Culture in Italy, 1470-1575 ER -