1,000 Artists' Books
Description
The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. In this beautiful collection, you will experience close-up various aspects of hand-crafted books: covers, bindings, scrolls, folded and origami structures and books made from found objects. You will find richly illustrated and calligraphed pages as well as books created from a variety of printed processes. Ingenuity and creativity abounds in this carefully curated collection of both historically important and modern works.
PUBLISHER:
Quarry Books
ISBN-10:
159253774X
ISBN-13:
9781592537747
BINDING:
Paperback / softback
BISAC:
Crafts and Hobbies
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2012
NUMBER OF PAGES:
320
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
9.25(H) x 9.25(W) x 0.88(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / Adult
LANGUAGE:
English