Graven Images: The Art of the Woodcut
Product ID: 62230607
With a foreword by Reece Shearsmith, this beautifully designed book highlights some of the most striking and amusing examples of the woodcut from the British Library's collections. It provides brief commentary on the political and social background of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with frequent topics of illustration including monsters, witches, criminals, drinking, war and politics. Review: A feast of imagery - A wonderful sample of woodblock images with relevant commentary. Excellent. Review: I'm really glad I bought this book. - If you are interested in Art, history, social attitudes, whatever, buy this book. It is fascinating. It looks at woodcuts from the 17th century and portrays a world at once familiar and utterly alien. The wide subject range of the chosen illustrations is excellent and Jon Crabb provides a knowledgeable and interesting commentary and his occasional comments on the pictures add to the entertainment. I like a book where the author cannot restrain their enthusiasm. I know just how they feel! Thank you for a first rate read.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 37 Reviews |
I**N
A feast of imagery
A wonderful sample of woodblock images with relevant commentary. Excellent.
B**S
I'm really glad I bought this book.
If you are interested in Art, history, social attitudes, whatever, buy this book. It is fascinating. It looks at woodcuts from the 17th century and portrays a world at once familiar and utterly alien. The wide subject range of the chosen illustrations is excellent and Jon Crabb provides a knowledgeable and interesting commentary and his occasional comments on the pictures add to the entertainment. I like a book where the author cannot restrain their enthusiasm. I know just how they feel! Thank you for a first rate read.
S**S
A gem of a book for anyone interested in woodcuts, beliefs and satirical work of the 16th and 17th centuries in Britain.
A delight to behold. Fabulously produced,.......feels good in the hand, some prints I have not seen before, well researched, delightful comments and information, inspirational , lovely to look at and an incredible bargain at the price. A thoroughly articulate and appreciative foreword by Reece Shearsmith. Full marks to the British library. I love the book .
G**8
See the imagery that influenced the common man in earlier times
Get a glimpse of the visual way the masses could be manipulated by using powerful and persuasive images
C**N
Mind blowing
Beautiful book with very strange images.
S**K
in excellent condition. Thanks
very interesting book, in excellent condition. Thanks!
I**N
Handsome and Pleasingly Odd
This fascinating, handsome little book contains a collection of woodcuts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, mostly from Britain. The prose is limited to an introductory essay and captions that describe the origins and context of the images. Beyond that, the pictures themselves provide a graphic insight into the times of their creation. Some of them are also quite funny, particularly those concerning drink. Other subjects illustrated include fantastical creatures, crime, punishment, women, witchcraft and war. To jazz things up, the woodcuts are printed in a black-white-orange colour scheme. There are black prints on orange pages, white prints on black pages, etc. I'd have preferred a black-on-white scheme throughout, but never mind.
C**O
Pura meraviglia
Raccolta di xilografie tratte da libri inglesi del 1600, uno dei periodi di massima diffusione delle stampe anche e soprattutto nell'editoria popolare. Stupefacente il quadro che ne vien fuori, tra il consueto e l'alieno, il fumettistico e il meraviglioso; il libro è in formato medio (15,5cm x 21,5cm) con copertina rigida, ma la stampa è ottima, e al bianco nero si aggiunge spesso un fondo alle riproduzioni, talvolta arancione, talvolta nero. Tutto da godere.
N**H
Superbe
Très bel ouvrage, un bonheur. Les Anglais sont au top. L'image est reine. Les RMN et autres BNF pourraient en prendre de la graine, au lieu de nous compiler des monographies indigestes.
R**N
#designersruineverything This book designer thinks that people who don't love black and white prints will be seduced by inserting ...
#designersruineverything This book designer thinks that people who don't love black and white prints will be seduced by inserting the color orange everywhere and that people who love black and white prints won't be put off by the color orange being inserted everywhere.
T**A
Three Stars
Its okay.
C**O
Un bel libro
Le grafiche contenute del libro sono interessanti e difficilmente reperibili su internet. In poche occasioni, dove si è scelto di utilizzare l'arancione e il nero (anche al negativo), si potrebbero avere alcune difficoltà nella lettura l'immagine.
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