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Publication
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1969]
Description
One of the most widely read and consulted texts on calligraphy ever written. History, theory, materials and techniques of calligraphy, typography and constructed letters. Over 500 illustrations and an exhaustive bibliography of scholarly and technical references. "One of the most comprehensive and well made histories of lettering and calligraphy." — American Artist.
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Physical description
ix, 358 p.; 27.3 cm
ISBN
0030686253 / 9780030686252
Copy notes
Missing dust jacket, as sold.
Bookplate of previous owner ("The Oekermans") on first free endpaper.
Contents : Signs and meaning -- The alphabet to Rome -- Missionary and monastery -- Writing in the late Middle Ages -- Renaissance and change -- Writing masters : brilliance and decline -- The heritage of Gutenberg, Jenson, and Griffo -- Morris, Dada, and Bauhaus -- Calligraphy in revival -- Graphic design and the alphabet -- Structure -- Laboratory experience -- Greek calligraphy -- Aramaic : Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew -- Aramaic moves east -- Chinese calligraphy.
ART OF WRITTEN FORMS is the first book since the early years of the twentieth century to treat in one comprehensive volume both the historical and practical aspects of letters and writing systems. Drawing together information and illustrations from historic texts and modern research, much of it rare and inaccessible, the book surveys the history, theory, materials, and techniques of calligraphy, typography, and constructed letters.
Includes index.
"Notes and bibliography": pages 329-344.
Bookplate of previous owner ("The Oekermans") on first free endpaper.
Contents : Signs and meaning -- The alphabet to Rome -- Missionary and monastery -- Writing in the late Middle Ages -- Renaissance and change -- Writing masters : brilliance and decline -- The heritage of Gutenberg, Jenson, and Griffo -- Morris, Dada, and Bauhaus -- Calligraphy in revival -- Graphic design and the alphabet -- Structure -- Laboratory experience -- Greek calligraphy -- Aramaic : Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew -- Aramaic moves east -- Chinese calligraphy.
ART OF WRITTEN FORMS is the first book since the early years of the twentieth century to treat in one comprehensive volume both the historical and practical aspects of letters and writing systems. Drawing together information and illustrations from historic texts and modern research, much of it rare and inaccessible, the book surveys the history, theory, materials, and techniques of calligraphy, typography, and constructed letters.
Includes index.
"Notes and bibliography": pages 329-344.
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