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Lädt ... The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930 (2013. Auflage)von Richard Minsky (Autor)
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Beauty and the Book Whether you curl up and read it, shelve it for reference, or place on the coffee table, this is one book you don’t want to miss Feel free to judge this book by its cover—a sumptuous red cloth with a dazzling gold-stamped design; or by its illustrations—more than 100 full color plates exquisitely reproduced; or by its text—an introductory essay and meticulous captions written by the much-admired book artist Richard Minsky. The Art of American Book Covers (AABC) is a prize every collector deserves, particularly those whose interests include book design, decorative bookbindings, women book artists, American Gilded Age literature, or the Arts and Crafts movement. Minsky writes about a Golden Age of book cover art that lasted from the 1870s until the Great Depression, during which publishers commissioned artists and designers to create exciting, eye-catching covers. The art was neither Victorian nor modern, and it had many influences, including Arts and Crafts, Orientalism, and Art Nouveau. Die work, gold stamping, patterns, and artists’ monograms or devices on the cover are some of the key elements of this Golden Age that Minsky deftly describes in his introduction. He also provides some background information on the major artists. Sarah Wyman Whitman, for example, was likely the first professional female book designer. She created hundreds of covers for Houghton Mifflin and had her own stained glass studio (all while playing Boston hostess for her wealthy husband). Her work is closely associated with novelist Sarah Orne Jewett, whose The Country of the Pointed Firs is considered a minor American classic. Minsky offers a color illustration of that gold-stamped green cloth cover, as well as two of Whitman’s other commercial bindings. [Continued...]
In the 1870s, book cover art in the United States entered a Golden Age that lasted more than fifty years. Some of the work is startling for its prescience and can be associated with art movements that occurred decades after the books were produced. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The art and craft displayed here is simply amazing, I honestly had no idea this level of detail and nuance was even possible from any commercial process. Heavily illustrated introductory text (15 pages) chronicles the all too short history of the golden age of commercial bookbinding: talking about the artists, their influences, and the processes used to create these covers. This is followed 143 nearly full size color plates of the most delightful book covers you can possibly imagine. N.B. – these are the actual hardback covers of the books, not the dust jackets that largely replaced them by WWI.
I am currently lusting for the three dimensional peacock feather of #2, the use of color to simulate depth in #21, the use of silhouettes and light in The Jungle Book of #30. You get the idea, for the most part you don’t even care what the title is, you just want to own the book for the art on the cover. I am reluctantly returning my copy back to the public library with explicit instructions telling them to NEVER let me see it again – otherwise I will begin an unhealthy pursuit of many of the book gems found within. Highly recommended read for all serious book collectors who love the book arts; AND all amateur bibliophiles who can recognize good art when they see it.
Any LibraryThing member who cannot find at least one book here they would love to own should have their membership revoked on principle. You were warned. ( )