- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1564588491
- ISBN-13: 978-1564588494
- Product Dimensions: 28.3 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,269,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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THE FIRST ALPHABET evolved in Phoenicia in about 1200 BC. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
THE FIRST ALPHABET evolved in Phoenicia in about 1200 BC. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book of exemplars,
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This review is from: Art of Calligraphy (Hardcover)
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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book,
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This review is from: Art of Calligraphy (Hardcover)
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
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Get It,
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This review is from: Art of Calligraphy (Hardcover)
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.
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