293 Renaissance woodcuts for artists and illustrators : Jost Amman's Kunstbüchlin / Jost Amman, Alfred Werner

293 Renaissance woodcuts for artists and illustrators : Jost Amman's Kunstbüchlin / Jost Amman, Alfred Werner

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REF.AM.2254
Reference Collection
293 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
1968
Jost Amman, Alfred Werner
Dover Publications, Inc.
New York
Renaissance, woodcuts
A volume of 293 woodcuts based on the fourth edition of Jost Amman's Kunstbüchlin, first published for German decorators and illustrators in 1599. This reference work serves as a primary source "style book" on the conventions of Renaissance and early Baroque woodcuts, with particular detail paid to the 16th-century costumes.