A History of Wood-EngravingWoodberry, George Edward
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A History of Wood-Engraving
Woodberry, George Edward
Wood-engraving; Wood-engraving -- Bibliography
WEIGEL (RUDOLPH). Holzschnitte berühmter Meister in treuen Copien.
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in Bild und Schrift. Leipzig, 1866. 2 Bände. Folio.
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ancient Prints. 2d ed. London, 1877. 2 vols. 8vo.
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INDEX.
Adams, Joseph Alexander, 173.
Altdorfer, Albrecht, 111.
America:
earlier history and characteristics of the art, 171-177;
present position and influence, 177, 178;
works in imitation of other arts, 185;
errors in practice 190, 202;
future of the art, 202-206.
Amman, Jobst, 114.
Anderson, Alexander, 172.
Andreani, Andrea, 146.
Anthony, A. V. S., 176.
Ars Memorandi, 43.
Ars Moriendi, 43.
Augsburg:
prints, 26;
playing-cards, 27;
Bible, 52;
press, 46, 57.
Baldung, Hans, 110.
Bamberg: press, 56.
Basle:
characteristics of the city in Holbein’s time, 117.
Behaim, Hans Sebald, 112-114.
Bernard, St.:
his rebuke of art, 14.
Best, Adolphe, 169.
Bewick, Thomas:
the father of modern wood-engraving, 151;
sketch of his life, 154;
reforms effected by him, 154;
character of his genius, 154-160;
his works, 161;
influence on the art in America, 172.
Bible:
the Cologne, 49;
the Nuremberg, 50;
the Augsburg, 52;
the Strasburg, 50;
Coverdale’s, 132;
Le Clerc’s, 139;
Jean de Tournes’, 141;
Harper’s, 173.
Bible cuts:
Behaim’s, 113;
Holbein’s, 129-131;
Jean Moni’s, 141.
_Biblia Pauperum_:
their use, 31;
designs not original, 32;
description, 33;
place of issue, 37.
Blake, William, 162.
Block-printing:
invention, 30, 31, 42;
decline, 45.
Boldrini, Nicolo, 144.
Bouts, Diedrick, 39.
Branston, Robert, 164, 167.
Bray, Theodore de, 147.
Brevière, Henri, 169.
Breydenbach’s Travels, 55.
Brontë, Charlotte, criticism of Bewick, 159-161.
Brosamer, Hans, 114.
Brothers of the Common Lot:
their claim to the authorship of the block-books, 39.
Brussels: print of 1418, 23.
Burgkmaier, Hans:
genius and works, 99-106;
influence on Holbein, 117
Calcar, Jean, 146.
Carpi, Ugo da, 87, 146.
Caxton, William:
Game and Playe of the Chesse, 63.
Chiaroscuro-engraving, 87-89, 146, 148, 187-189.
Christopher, St.:
print of 1423, 22.
Chronicles:
general description, 52;
the Cologne, 53;
the Nuremberg, 53;
the Saxon, 53.
Clennell, Luke, 164, 167.
Cole, T., 197, 200.
Cologne:
early school of art, 42, 43;
Bible, 49;
Chronicle, 53;
press, 57.
Color:
in the holy prints, 26 _note_;
in early German books, 52;
in the _Livres d’Heures_, 60, 61;
in chiaroscuro-engraving, 87.
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