Before Dutch still life painting developed, artists illuminated handwritten manuscripts with flora and fauna to add emotional power to a written work. One of the most celebrated practitioners of this style was Joris Hoefnagel. In the 1590s the Emperor Rudolf II commissioned Hoefnagel to add his illuminations to the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a mid-16th-century manuscript by Georg Bocskay, a page from which is reproduced here.
| ISBN: | 9781439793503 |
| Publication date: | 7th January 2022 |
| Author: | Paperblanks |
| Publisher: | Paperblanks |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Mira Botanica |
| Genres: |
Stationery items Thematic journals and notebooks |