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While this is not a how-to book, it will offer inspiration to both amateur and professional calligraphers. Assembled by the American Institute of Graphic Arts on the 25th anniversary of the Society of Scribes, it celebrates 20th-century calligraphy. American calligraphers were invited to submit works that met the following criteria: they had to be produced between 1900 and 1999, employ the Latin alphabet, and employ mainly calligraphy and lettering, not type design. The result is a collection of 122 examples from 74 contemporary and 28 historical calligraphers that reveal the formal and playful use of calligraphy for book jackets, posters, advertising, and various illuminations and inscriptions; they may be gilded slate, silkscreen reproductions, offset-printed, etched on crystal, or carved in alabaster. Each entry notes artist, location, date, title, and medium, and brief biographies are included at the end of the book. For larger general arts and all graphic arts collections.
-Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Over the past quarter century, calligraphy and the lettering arts have enjoyed a renaissance all across America. As the century closes, it seems both appropriate and timely for Godine to join forces with the Society of Scribes (who will also be marking their 25th anniversary) and the aiga to assemble, exhibit and illustrate the work of the calligraphers who have made major contributions to the field and whose work, in the opinion of their peers, is consistently outstanding. Here, then, is a selection presenting a century of
While this is not a how-to book, it will offer inspiration to both amateur and professional calligraphers. Assembled by the American Institute of Graphic Arts on the 25th anniversary of the Society of Scribes, it celebrates 20th-century calligraphy. American calligraphers were invited to submit works that met the following criteria: they had to be produced between 1900 and 1999, employ the Latin alphabet, and employ mainly calligraphy and lettering, not type design. The result is a collection of 122 examples from 74 contemporary and 28 historical calligraphers that reveal the formal and playful use of calligraphy for book jackets, posters, advertising, and various illuminations and inscriptions; they may be gilded slate, silkscreen reproductions, offset-printed, etched on crystal, or carved in alabaster. Each entry notes artist, location, date, title, and medium, and brief biographies are included at the end of the book. For larger general arts and all graphic arts collections.
-Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Over the past quarter century, calligraphy and the lettering arts have enjoyed a renaissance all across America. As the century closes, it seems both appropriate and timely for Godine to join forces with the Society of Scribes (who will also be marking their 25th anniversary) and the aiga to assemble, exhibit and illustrate the work of the calligraphers who have made major contributions to the field and whose work, in the opinion of their peers, is consistently outstanding. Here, then, is a selection presenting a century of