ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1995.
Oblast: Dizajn
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Alphabets And Numbers Of The Middle Ages / Henry Shaw


London 1995. Tvrd povez, zaštitni omot, engleski jezik, bogato ilustrovano, veliki format (29 cm), 95 strana.
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This is a reprint of the book originally published in 1845 under the title Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages.Shaw provides models of lettering and ornament for use by designers, artists, architects and others. This book supplies the reader with a compendium of medieval letter forms.




The great antiquarian scholar and draughtsman Henry Shaw
(1800—1873) was to a large degree responsible for the huge interest shown in illumination by the Victorian public. One of the first to make graphic studies of medieval letter forms, he drew extensively upon a wide range of sources including illuminated manuscripts and early printed books. His most ambitious work, Alphabets (1845) provides models of lettering and ornament for use by designers, artists, architects and, in Shaw`s words, `the various classes of decorators` engaged in restoring or emulating `noble specimens of Ancient Art`.
Henry Shaw was a perfectionist; many of the plates he either tinted himself or printed using coloured wood blocks or wood engravings.
His preference was for highly detailed designs in striking, vibrant colours, and this volume includes meticulous reproductions of the most notable of his discoveries. One of the most respected works of its day, Alphabets provides the modern reader with a compendium of medieval letter forms and is also a valuable Victorian document giving an insight into the sources of the Gothic Revival style.