Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books, with a Chapter on Illuminated Manuscripts

Nonfiction, History, European General
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Author: William Morris ISBN: 1230000253440
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: July 19, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William Morris
ISBN: 1230000253440
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: July 19, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

This edition features illustrations.

Excerpt
ON THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF THE WOODCUT BOOKS OF ULM AND AUGSBURG IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.decoration
The invention of printing books, and the use of wood-blocks for book ornament in place of hand-painting, though it belongs to the period of the degradation of mediƦval art, gave an opportunity to the Germans to regain the place which they had lost in the art of book decoration during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This opportunity they took with vigour and success, and by means of it put forth works which showed the best and most essential qualities of their race.

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This edition features illustrations.

Excerpt
ON THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF THE WOODCUT BOOKS OF ULM AND AUGSBURG IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.decoration
The invention of printing books, and the use of wood-blocks for book ornament in place of hand-painting, though it belongs to the period of the degradation of mediƦval art, gave an opportunity to the Germans to regain the place which they had lost in the art of book decoration during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This opportunity they took with vigour and success, and by means of it put forth works which showed the best and most essential qualities of their race.

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