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Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I (page 2/2)

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[picture: Front Cover, Moderne Kunst Vol I]

Pictures from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten (Modern Art in Master Woodcuts), Berlin, 1887.

I bought this enourmous book from Antikvariát Dlážděná in Prague in 2016. It’s an “elephant folio” with pages measuring 410×290mm (roughly 11½×16 inches), including many engravings that fill the page or even double-page spreads and fold-outs.

Despite the title, the images are probably engraved on metal, because wood this size was hard to work with.

Note: Holzschnitten and not Holzshnitten as i had previously!

Title: Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I

Editor: Bong, Richard

Published by: Richard Bong

City: Berlin

Date: 1887

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

[picture: Front Cover, Moderne Kunst Vol I]

Front Cover, Moderne Kunst Vol I

The front cover of this huge book is a dark red; in the picture i have brightened it, thinking it probably faded over time. [more...] [$]

[picture: III.--Morning in Amsterdam.]

III. – Morning in Amsterdam.

Morgen in Amsterdam [more...] [$]

[picture: A Boyar Wedding Feast]

A Boyar Wedding Feast

This engraving is of a Russian wedding feast among the Russian nobility. The groom has seen the bride’s face for the first time and is about to kiss her; the bride does not look [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Lions in a Cage]

Lions in a Cage

This engraving, after a painting by Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 – 1915) shows a lioness lying down resting her head on the back of a lion, with the bars of a cage door visible in the background. [more...] [$]

[picture: Lion Face, detail from Lions in a Cage]

Lion Face, detail from Lions in a Cage

A detail from Lions in a Cage showing just the face of the lion. [$]

[picture: Mazeppa]

Mazeppa

A naked young man (a piece of black cloth hiding his loins) is tied to the back of a horse which appears to be about to try to roll over onto its back, presumably in an effort to rid itself of its burden. In the background a large black bird, a raven with a pointy beak, is diving and the [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: At the Wine Festival]

At the Wine Festival

The title given to this painting, Moselblümchen, can refer to a swet blend of wine from the Mosel region in Germany, or it can refer to a traditional folk dress worn at wine festivals in the same region. It could also refer to flowers found in the Mosel Valley (little flower from the Mosel region), or to [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna]

Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna

Almosensammlung bei der beerdigung von don Álvaro de Luna [more...] [$]


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