Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century - In Three Parts

Klappentext An important 1884 study of the woodcuts and early printed books of the Low Countries, and their carvers and printers. Zusammenfassung The first part of this important 1884 study of the woodcuts and early printed books of the Low Countries considers the craftsmen; the second is a comprehensive catalogue of the cuts! ordered according to their makers; the final part is a catalogue of the books in which the cuts appeared. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Parts I and II. History of the Woodcutters: 1. Woodcuts from the book-blocks; 2. Louvain, Utrecht, and Bruges; 3. Leeu's early workmen at Gouda and Antwerp; 4. The Haarlem woodcutter and his school; 5. Foreign woodcuts used by Leeu and others; 6. Zwolle; 7. Delft; 8. Brussels and Louvain; 9. Gouda, Deventer, Leyden, and Schoonhoven; 10. Late Antwerp woodcuts; Part III. List of the Books Containing Woodcuts: 1. Book-blocks; 2. Presses; Appendix.

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• Authors: Sir William Martin Conway, William Martin Conway
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2015
• EAN: 9781108080729
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08072-9
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries