Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0500511276 ISBN 13: 9780500511275
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. The court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the "Mira Calligraphae Monumenta", a brilliant amalgamation of two arts - calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Georg Bocskay, a pre-eminent scribe) assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historic scripts ranging from the latest Italic and humanist writing to antique Roman and German Gothic. Years later, at Rudolf's behest, court artist Joris Hoefnagel filled the spaces on each manuscript page with images of fruit, flowers, insects and other natural minutiae. This marvel of the Central European Renaissance is now in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. A selection from its pages is presented here in this book, which will be of interest to scholars, collectors, bibliophiles and art historians. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0500511276 ISBN 13: 9780500511275
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: USED_GOOD. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition.
Verlag: Getty Publications Jun 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0892366222 ISBN 13: 9780892366224
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira colligrophioe monumenta, a flamboyant demonstration of two arts-calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor commissioned the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe, Bocskay assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historic scripts. Many were intended not for practical use but for virtuosic display. Years later, at Rudolf's behest, court artist Joris Hoefnagel filled the spaces on each manuscript page with images of fruit, flowers, insects, and other natural minutiae. The combination of word and images is rare and, on its tiny scale, constitutes one of the marvels of the Central European Renaissance. The manuscript is now in the collections of the Getty Museum. Forty-eight of its pages are reproduced in this book, containing samples of classic italic hands; historical, invented, and exhibition hands; Rotunda, a classicizing humanist script based on Carolingian miniscule; classically based scripts; and Gothic blackletter and chancery.
Verlag: GETTY PUBN, 2003
ISBN 10: 0892366222 ISBN 13: 9780892366224
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: NEW.