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Title: Nature Illuminated
Condition: New
EAN: 9780892364725
ISBN: 9780892364725
Publisher: J Paul Getty Trust Publications,US
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 10/07/1997
Item Height: 194mm
Item Length: 133mm
Item Width: 15mm
Item Weight: 666g
Author: Lee Hendrix
Language: English
Description: The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the "Mira calligraphiae monumenta", a brilliant demonstration of two arts-calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor, Ferdinand I, commissioned master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe, Bocskay assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historic scripts.Years later, at Rudolf's behest, miniaturist Joris Hoefnagel filled the spaces on each manuscript page with insects, fruits, flowers, and other botanical images. The combination of word and illustration is rare and, on its tiny scale, constitutes one of the marvels of the Central European Renaissance.Nature Illuminated reproduces forty-one pages from the original codex. Those who love and collect beautiful books will be endlessly fascinated by Hoefnagel's imagery and invention. The accompanying commentary identifies and explains the details of Hoefnagel's exquisitely crafted illuminations.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Release Year: 1997

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