Illustrations in Plantin-Moretus press publications as a resource for local artists

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Illustrations in Plantin-Moretus press publications as a resource for local artists
Summary / Abstract:

ENIn the late sixteenth-seventeenth century, the Plantin-Moretus Press was an exceptional phenomenon in the world of publishing, with its publications spreading far and wide across Europe, including Vilnius, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Purchased directly and transported to Lithuania, Plantin-Moretus Press books were not just the jewels of institutional and private libraries, their extraordinary design, layouts and copperplate engravings made them a well of visual inspiration for artists to draw from. Inspired by the compositions of the copperplate engravings or their individual elements (motifs), local artists found creative ways to integrate and transfer them into their own illustrations, engravings for panegyrics and other works of art. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate various examples of how the source images were integrated into the engravings and art of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Keywords: Engraving, copperplate engraving, Plantin-Moretus Press publications, engravers of the Netherlands, influence, engraving in books, Conradt Götke, Aleksander Tarasewicz, book collections, seventeenth century. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.51740/DPT.1
ISBN:
9786094052279
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2023-11-27 18:32:22
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