The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor

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The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II
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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.
Country USA
Brand J. Paul Getty Museum
Manufacturer J. Paul Getty Museum
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780892366224
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	J. Paul Getty Museum
Manufacturer	J. Paul Getty Museum
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780892366224
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II

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