TREASURY OF CALLIGRAPHY: 219 GREAT EXAMPLES, 1522-1840 By Jan Tschichold 1984

Description: The growth of banking and commerce in 16th-century Europe demanded clear, legible records. A serviceable, attractive script became a necessity for entry into these fields, and would-be clerks sought instruction and models to emulate. For calligraphers earned their living by providing those models- vying with each other in the production of hundreds of penmanship manuals and copybooks, and in the process sometimes creating lettering of great power and beauty. Eminent calligrapher, designer and design historian Jan Tschichold here offers admirers of fine art and handwriting a stunning collection of over 300 years of the best of European calligraphic art. Treasury of Calligraphy presents 219 examples of work by dozens of Europe's master calligraphers - the cream of the manuals and copybooks, selected according to Tschichold's personal criteria of expressiveness and aesthetic importance. Here is the near-Gothic rodonda of 16th-century Spaniard Juan de Yciar; the variations on northern Fraktur and southern cursive practiced by his German contemporary Caspar Neff; the sparingly used, dramatic ornaments of 17th-century Lyons master François Desmoulins; and magnificent scripts by Palatino, Wyss, Vespasiano, Cresci, van den Velde, Beauchesne and Baildon, Barbedor, Casanova, Snell, Bickham, Stirling and many others. Selections are arranged chronologically, by date of original publication. They are reproduced from the archives of Basel's Gewerbemuseum and other sources, including Tschichold's private collection of copybooks. Complementing them is the author's enlightening introductory discussion of styles and historic trends in calligraphy. Modern interest in calligraphy reflects a burgeoning awareness of the artistic values inherent in beautiful lettering. Tschichold's Treasury provides calligraphers, graphic designers, art enthusiasts and others with a source of inspiration and a valuable historical compendium of calligraphic styles. Translation of the second edition (1949) of Schatzkammer der Schreibkunst: Meisterwerke der Kalligraphie aus vier Jahrhunderten auf zweihundert Tafeln, originally published by the Verlag Birkhäuser, Basel. Introduction translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Sources of the Plates, Captions identifying artist, place, date. 219 black-and-white illustrations. 224pp. 8⅜ × 11¼. Paperbound. AYAA

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