The image in print : book illustration in late medieval England and its sources /

"Martha Driver here invites us to consider evidence for a new social history of book illustration as constructed from the study of the woodcut, principally as it was used in books printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde and his successors. Her central focus is on the physical evidence provided by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Driver, Martha W.
Autor Corporativo: British Library
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : British Library, 2004.
Temas:
To 1500
Illustration of books > England > History > To 1500.
Wood-engraving > England > History > To 1500.
Illustration of books
Wood-engraving
Buchdruck
Holzschnitt
Illustration
Illustraties.
Houtsneden.
England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early illustration in print: single leaves, block-books and their printed progeny
  • Woodcuts in early English books: sources and circulation
  • Wynkyn de worde and the title page
  • Representations of saintly women in late medieval woodcuts
  • Reconstructing social histories: reading images as historical documents
  • Iconoclasm and reform: the survival of late medieval images and the printed book.

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