The Mystic Art of Written Forms

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

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A manual on lettering from ancient Rome to the present with copious illustrations.

The Mystic Art of Written Forms

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

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A manual on lettering from ancient Rome to the present with copious illustrations.

W. A. Dwiggins

W. A. Dwiggins
Title W. A. Dwiggins PDF eBook
Author Bruce Kennett
Publisher Letterform Archive Books
Pages 0
Release 2017
Genre Art
ISBN 9780998318004

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The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries

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

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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

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

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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

Sufi
Title Sufi PDF eBook
Author Laleh Bakhtiar
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Pages 120
Release 1976
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780500810156

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Describes the rituals and the material forms of the Islamic tradition

The Golden Thread

The Golden Thread
Title The Golden Thread PDF eBook
Author Ewan Clayton
Publisher Catapult
Pages 350
Release 2014-02-11
Genre History
ISBN 1619023504

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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.