Illumination Art

Illuminated letter with H

Recently in my attempts to get myself to do art post-graduation I have been working on an Illuminted Letters Alphabet. Originally I was just going to make one 'A' but then I got caught up in it, so now I'm moving on to the whole alphabet. Each letter is inspired by an obscure or unusual word. A was before I really had any idea of a theme. I guess in retrospect A is for Aviary. I then experimented with some color, scanning in old test strips of watercolor samples. Still not quite sure if I…

letter A

Image taken from: Title: "Die Maitressenwirthschaft in Frankreich unter Ludwig XIV. & XV. Pracht-Ausgabe" Author(s): Griesinger, Theodor [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 9225.k.23" Page: 617 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: Stuttgart Date of publication: 1874 Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): German Physical description: 2 Bände (8°) Explore this item in the British Library’s catalogue: 001512518…

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