The Reluctant Pressman
Jacques Callot and The Miseries and Misfortunes of War (1633)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22004900 |
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| Authors | Marika Takanishi Knowles (University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-82 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West 86th (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-5531 • E-ISSN: 2153-5558 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/735327 |
| OpenAlex | W4408928618 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In the celebrated series of prints The Miseries and Misfortunes of War (1633), Jacques Callot depicts an executioner striking the same pose that was widely used during the period to represent the operator of a copperplate roller press. Taking this parallel as a starting point, this essay explores the representation of the pressman and the printers’ workshop in relationship to Callot’s depiction of the soldier’s life. In both the workshop and the military, waste was a matter not of “trash” but rather of insubordination and misdirected energies. Callot fashions the executioner-cum-pressman as an emblem of the metabolization of waste and the restoration of order
Criminology · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History
| Highly cited | No |
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