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The Book of Signs: which Contains All Manner of Symbols Used from the Earliest Times to the Middle Ages by Primitive Peoples and Early Christians

Door Rudolf Koch

Categorie
Reclame & Design
Boeknummer
#307814-VB16
Titel
The Book of Signs: which Contains All Manner of Symbols Used from the Earliest Times to the Middle Ages by Primitive Peoples and Early Christians
Auteur
Koch, Rudolf
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York : Dover Publications
Jaar van uitgave
n.d.
ISBN10
0486201627
ISBN13
9780486201627
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original wrappers, figures, 8vo.
Samenvatting
This unusual collection of primitive and medieval symbols provides one of the most fertile single sources of decorative ideas available today. It is also a graphic history of the development of written communication and offers a singular insight into the psychology of the primitive mind.
The Book of Signs contains 493 classified and documented illustrations, collected, drawn, and explained by the celebrated typographer Rudolf Koch. Divided into 14 different categories, it includes General Signs, The Cross, Monogram of Christ, Other Christian Signs, Monograms of Medieval Church and State Leaders, Stone Masons' Signs, The Four Elements, Astronomical Signs, Astrological Signs, Botanical Signs, Chemical Signs, House and Holding Marks, Miscellany, and Runes.
"Provides the contemporary ar... (Lees verder)tist with a rich design vocabulary on which to improvise."? Art in Focus.
"An inspiration to graphic artists everywhere."? Graphis.
"An artistic and typographical achievement of considerable beauty and worth."? Psychiatric Quarterly.
Pagina's
104
Conditie
Goed — Cover partly slightly browned.
Prijs
€ 6,00

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