Title

German Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

German Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). 'Fig 1: Title-frame (1519) probably by Hieronymus Hopfer. Fig 2: Initial by A. Dürer. Fig 3: Frieze (1539) by A. Aldengrever [Heinrich Aldegrever?]. Fig 4: Initial from a dance-of-death alphabet by Hans Holbein. Fig 5: Marginal decoration from the prayer-book of the Emperor Charles V by A. Dürer. Fig 6: Frieze (1528) by H. S. Beham. Fig 7: Initial (1518) by an unknown master. Fig 8: Initial by Paul Frank. Fig 9: Initial by Jost Aman [Jost Amman?]. Fig 10: Initial (1527-1532) from Hans Holbein's children's alphabet. Fig 11: Initial by an unknown master. Fig 12: Frieze by J. Binck. Fig 13: Initial by P. Frank...The custom of decorating printings with artistic initials, marginal borders etc. is nearly as old as typography itself. In the beginning, Gothic forms, of course, were still prevailing; but the transition from the 15th to the 16th century marked a new era for this branch of art. Of marked and decisive importance was particularly the activity of the greatest German artists of that period, viz of Holbein, Dürer and others; they were continually creating new ornamental alphabets...'. Plate 75 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G31_418

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License type

Rights managed

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65,5Mb (4,5Mb) / 12,9in x 19,7in / 3873 x 5912 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany German arts country pattern art book spiral foliage design decorative ornate Neo-classical ornament Renaissance location century alphabet floral typography literature concept printing B&W lettering stylised flowered Patterned 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W Neoclassical Neoclassicism 16th century nineteenth century sixteenth century Neo-Classicism The Print Collector Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein the Younger Heinrich Aldegrever Unknown M Dolmetsch Hans Holbein Albrecht Durer Durer Albrecht Albert Durer Alberto Durero BT Batsford H Dürer Albrecht Historic Styles of Ornament B. T. Batsford Batsford B. T. BT B T B.T. B.T. Batsford B T Batsford H. Dolmetsch Heinrich Dolmetsch H. Heinrich H Dolmetsch A Durer Hieronymus Hopfer Hopfer Hieronymus Hopffer Hieronymus Hieronymus Hopffer Aldegrever Heinrich M. Seeger Seeger M. Max Seeger