The Mystic Art of Written Forms
Title | The Mystic Art of Written Forms PDF eBook |
Author | Friedrich Neugebauer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
A manual on lettering from ancient Rome to the present with copious illustrations.
The Mystic Art of Written Forms
Title | The Mystic Art of Written Forms PDF eBook |
Author | Friedrich Neugebauer |
Publisher | Picture Book Studio |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Lettering |
ISBN | 9780907234500 |
A manual on lettering from ancient Rome to the present with copious illustrations.
W. A. Dwiggins
Title | W. A. Dwiggins PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Kennett |
Publisher | Letterform Archive Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780998318004 |
The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries
Title | The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Title | Concerning the Spiritual in Art PDF eBook |
Author | Wassily Kandinsky |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 111 |
Release | 2012-04-20 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 048613248X |
Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations.
Sufi
Title | Sufi PDF eBook |
Author | Laleh Bakhtiar |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780500810156 |
Describes the rituals and the material forms of the Islamic tradition
The Golden Thread
Title | The Golden Thread PDF eBook |
Author | Ewan Clayton |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2014-02-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1619023504 |
From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and services in ancient Mesopotamia, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty–first–century users of desktop computers, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Calligraphy expert Ewan Clayton traces the history of an invention which—ever since our ancestors made the transition from a nomadic to an agrarian way of life in the eighth century BC—has been the method of codification and dissemination of ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political progress. He explores the social and cultural impact of, among other stages, the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the papyrus scroll with the codex in the late Roman period; the perfecting of printing using moveable type in the fifteenth century and the ensuing spread of literacy; the industrialization of printing during the Industrial Revolution; the impact of artistic Modernism on the written word in the early twentieth century—and of the digital switchover at the century's close. The Golden Thread also raises issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools and technologies of written communication. Chief among these is the fundamental question: "What does it mean to be literate in the early twenty–first century?" The book belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who is inquisitive not just about the centrality of writing in the history of humanity, but also about its future; it is sure to appeal to lovers of language, books and cultural history.