Description:Chapters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hieronymus Andreae, or Andrea, or Hieronymus Formschneider, (d. May 7, 1556) was a German woodblock cutter ("formschneider"), printer, publisher and typographer closely associated with Albrecht Durer. His best known achievements are perhaps the enormous 192 block Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Durer for Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Andreae's design of the characteristic German "blackletter" Fraktur typeface ("Gothic" to most English-speakers), on which German typefaces were based for several centuries. He was also significant as a printer of music. For Adam von Bartsch, although he never designed woodcuts, as opposed to typefaces, the quality of his work, along with that of Hans Lutzelburger and Jost de Negker, was such that he should be considered as an artist. The evolution of the Fraktur typeface. Andreae's version is the second shown - "Maximilian"There is some evidence that he matriculated at the University of Leipzig in 1504, although this might also mean that he worked for the university rather than being a student. He became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1523, although he had probably run a workshop there for nearly a decade by then. He also cut metal dies and stamps, including those for type and coins, and the design, and perhaps production, of print type may also have constituted a large part of his business, which was commented on as being very diverse. According to the 18th century historian Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, Emperor Maximilian regularly dropped in to Andreae's workshop on his visits to Nuremberg: ....this Hieronymous resided in Breite Gasse, in this city, and his quarters extended in the rear to Fraue...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2178120We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Woodcut Cutters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelhieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger Burger. To get started finding Woodcut Cutters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelhieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger Burger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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Woodcut Cutters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelhieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger Burger
Description: Chapters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hieronymus Andreae, or Andrea, or Hieronymus Formschneider, (d. May 7, 1556) was a German woodblock cutter ("formschneider"), printer, publisher and typographer closely associated with Albrecht Durer. His best known achievements are perhaps the enormous 192 block Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Durer for Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Andreae's design of the characteristic German "blackletter" Fraktur typeface ("Gothic" to most English-speakers), on which German typefaces were based for several centuries. He was also significant as a printer of music. For Adam von Bartsch, although he never designed woodcuts, as opposed to typefaces, the quality of his work, along with that of Hans Lutzelburger and Jost de Negker, was such that he should be considered as an artist. The evolution of the Fraktur typeface. Andreae's version is the second shown - "Maximilian"There is some evidence that he matriculated at the University of Leipzig in 1504, although this might also mean that he worked for the university rather than being a student. He became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1523, although he had probably run a workshop there for nearly a decade by then. He also cut metal dies and stamps, including those for type and coins, and the design, and perhaps production, of print type may also have constituted a large part of his business, which was commented on as being very diverse. According to the 18th century historian Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, Emperor Maximilian regularly dropped in to Andreae's workshop on his visits to Nuremberg: ....this Hieronymous resided in Breite Gasse, in this city, and his quarters extended in the rear to Fraue...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2178120We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Woodcut Cutters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelhieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger Burger. To get started finding Woodcut Cutters: Hieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelhieronymus Andreae, Jacob Faber, Jost de Negker, Hans Lutzelburger Burger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.