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Title: Paint Your Own Illuminated Letters by Stefan Oliver ISBN: 1-57717-218-3 Publisher: Todtri Productions, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Detailed how-to book
Comment: You know, I'm quite fond of this book, and it isn't because the instructions in this book are greatly better than any of the others in the marketplace, although I would certainly recommend this book before, say, "The Creative Calligraphy Sourcebook," "The Calligrapher's Project Book," or "Illumination for Calligraphers: The Complete Guide for the Ambitious Calligrapher" to someone looking for information on painting medieval-style illuminated letters.
Like Seligman and Noad's "The Illuminated Alphabet," this book is concerned with teaching you how to draw and paint illuminated letters based primarily on pre-1600 examples, and it offers 25 projects towards that end--more than almost any other such book. Its materials and methods are modern rather than pre-1600, unfortunately, so the emphasis here is not on reproductions but bringing the style of the past into the modern world. Materials lists and step-by-step instructions are provided for each project.
However, what I really love about this book is Mr. Oliver's skill level. I do not mean that he is exceptionally wonderful. Mr. Oliver is indeed good at what he does (otherwise, why would anyone publish him, right?), but what is exceptional here is that Mr. Oliver allows himself to be imperfect. Man, that takes confidence. It also allows the illuminated letters to be beautiful as handcrafted works of art. I'm actually kind of tired of instructional manuals that feature art works that seem to be so precise that the work could have been painted by a computer-guided robot arm rather than a real human being.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Do-it-Yourself Book
Comment: Excellent for those who want to paint their own medieval-style illuminated letters. The shading of the paiting leaves a little to be desired, but the book is overall informative on the techniques and styles of manuscript illumination.
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Title: Illuminated Initials in Full Color: 548 Designs by Carol Belanger Grafton ISBN: 0486285014 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Calligraphy and Illumination: A History and Practical Guide by Patricia Lovett ISBN: 0810941198 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique by Marc Drogin ISBN: 0486261425 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 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, Mary Noble, Janet Mehigan ISBN: 0764156152 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: 1001 Illuminated Initial Letters by Owen Jones ISBN: 0486256073 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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