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Title: Art of Calligraphy by David Harris ISBN: 1-56458-849-1 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: If you want only one book to learn about calligraphy, this is the one. Trained by a master calligrapher of the Queen's Court many years ago, I recommend this book very highly to anyone who wish to develop skill and proficency in this art.
While I didn't pursue this field career-wise, I found this book to be an excellent reference to reignite the skill I thought was lost.
F.Lee
Rating: 5
Summary: Just Get It
Comment: Not only is this an excellent introduction to calligraphy the beauty of the manuscripts used as examples will make you fall in love with the art even more.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book of exemplars
Comment: There are so many books on calligraphy; it is extremely difficult to write one that will please everyone. This one will please you vastly if you are looking for a book full of well-laid-out, very clear ductus' pages, with minimal instructional material and beautiful color reproduction of historical examples.
This book is basically about directions for writing historical hands. The DK style of minimal text supported by captioned pictures makes for a lot of visual learning, but this does cut down on the scope of information included. The information is historically basic, then, and the instructional section quite minimal. If you need beginner's instruction for the first steps of calligraphy, you may not find the depth of information you desire here.
The real stregnth of the book is in its breakdown of historic hands. The step-by-step breakdown of each letter of each hand is most helpfully produed in color, allowing the areas of overlap to be clearly seen; this is much more definite in visually presenting the letterforms than the traditional method of providing black and white exemplers. Further, each hand is made with different calligraphy tools; markers, reeds, quills, dip pens, et cetera, allowing you to compare the look of each tool.
There is a very helpful appendix, providing each alphabet in the book in simple, er, "abc form;" a skilled calligrapher could open the book to this two page spead and have every hand presented in the book available for visual reference.
In all, a very, very useful book for those who are looking primarily for instructions for writing historic hands.
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Title: Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy by Margaret Shepherd ISBN: 0399512578 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1986 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Learn Calligraphy : The Complete Book of Lettering and Design by MARGARET SHEPHERD ISBN: 0767907329 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 20 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Calligrapher's Bible : 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Them by David Harris ISBN: 0764156152 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy, a Step-by-Step Manual by Eleanor Winters ISBN: 0486409511 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 08 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Calligraphy School (Reader's Digest Learn-As-You-Go Guide) by Gaynor Goffe, Anna Ravenscroft ISBN: 0895775247 Publisher: Readers Digest Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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