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Graven Images - The Art of the Woodcut (Hardcover) Loot Price: R335
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Graven Images - The Art of the Woodcut (Hardcover): Jon Crabb

Graven Images - The Art of the Woodcut (Hardcover)

Jon Crabb

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The invention of the printing press led to an explosion of cheap printed materials in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Ballads were no longer confined to the soapbox. Mass communication was now possible. The broadsides pasted on walls and disseminated among the masses, together with the written ballads hawked at street corners, represented the zeitgeist of popular culture in early modern Europe. Frequently designed in 'blackletter' gothic type and accompanied with distinctive woodcut illustrations, this dynamic, lively form encompassed the obsessions and characteristic humour of the times. This beautifully designed book with a foreword by Reece Shearsmith highlights some of the most striking and amusing examples from the British Library's collections and provides brief commentary on the political and social background of the times. Frequent topics of illustration include monsters, witches, criminals, drinking, war and politics.

General

Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2017
Authors: Jon Crabb
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-7123-5672-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Prints & printmaking > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
LSN: 0-7123-5672-X
Barcode: 9780712356725

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