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The Chronicle often depicts
atmospheric/meteorological
phenomena, such as these
Moon Dogs and Sun Dogs. |
Being a print-maker I am terribly partial to all things related to paper, inks, imprint, markings of all sorts. I am also a dedicated reader and although I have been totally "digital" for about two decades, much of my reading is still an old fashion book - the one you had hold in your hand, weight it, smell it, feel the texture of the paper and marvel on its binding or its other essential features, absent in e-books.
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Omens:Omen of locust plague that was to accompany
the arrival of with Black Death of 134. |
This amazing book
"appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books—an incunabulum —and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text." Wiki
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possibly Dürer-inspired is the
"Sun
and Moon" woodcut |
The two artists who were responsible for overseeing the design and illustration
of the Chronicle were Michael Wohlgemut (1434-1519) and his stepson
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (c. 1450-1494). Their workshop, which originally produced
only woodcuts, altars and sculptures, "quickly specialized in the new art of
book illustration, employing draughtsmen who transferred the design of the artist
onto the woodblock, and cutters who then carved the block with a hollow stylus."
The images of great
Medieval cities and lands:
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| Legends (The Mouse Tower) |
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| and Biblical stories. |
