The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira colligrophioe monumenta, a flamboyant demonstration of two arts-calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor commissioned the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe, Bocskay ...
The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a brilliant demonstration of two arts--calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor, Ferdinand I, commissioned master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe ...
Included in the magnificent pages of the Mira calligraphiae monumenta are two alphabets. Executed by an unknown hand, the first consists of Roman capital letters; the other is Gothic lower-case letters. As with the calligraphy of Bocskay described above, these alphabets were embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, a painter at the court of Rudolf II. In ...
The collection of European drawings in the J. Paul Getty Museum has been built up over a decade and a half. It includes drawings from the Italian Renaissance, and also the German and Swiss Renaissance. The emphasis of the collection, represented in this volume, is on major draftsmen, such as David, Durer, Gainsborough, Goya, Ingres, Piranesi, ...
"Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta" is a flamboyant demonstration of two arts - calligraphy and miniature painting - and was produced in the court of Emperor Rudolf II. This is the second half which comprises two alphabets drawn and illuminated by miniaturist Joris Hoefnagel. One consists of Roman capital letters (majuscules), the other, Gothic lower ...
A comprehensive survey of the contribution made by Durer, Holbein and their southern German and Swiss contemporary draftsmen and the glass painters who translated their drawings into stained glass. In some cases, drawings are matched with panels that still exist.
A survey of the contribution made by Durer, Holbein and their southern German and Swiss contemporary draftsmen and the glass painters who translated their drawings into stained glass. In some cases, drawings are matched to panels that still exist.
In 1561-62, Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, inscribed the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a testament to his preeminence among scribes. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, which nearly thirty years later were further embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, Europe's last great ...
"Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta" is a flamboyant demonstration of two arts - calligraphy and miniature painting - which were produced in the court of Emperor Rudolf II. This is a selection of its pages concentrating on the themes of flora and fauna.
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