Time and Place : Notes on the art of calendars
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1908213809
ISBN-13
9781908213808
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Imprint
Little Toller Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2019
Print length
104 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 12.70 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
History of art / art & design stylesHistory of artBook designBook design and Bookbinding
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This small book brings together some of the beautiful art that has, for centuries, gone into the creation of almanacs and calendars. Alexandra Harris' text shows us how, through time, humans have sought to divide time into portions and how traditions associated with each month have made their way into the art of calendars and almanacs.
Dates are invented things. Nothing in nature decrees that today is today. But for millennia humans have divided time into portions, and given those portions names which are shared widely across cultures, creating a common agreement on the date. This convention is useful in practical ways: we can make arrangements and can communicate time elapsed or time ahead. But the calendar also makes a certain kind of truth and establishes that today is today. As calendars and almanacs developed, art from their specific time and place was naturally incorporated. In this small book showcasing the finest and most interesting art that has gone into almanacs, from the eight century onwards, Alexandra Harris brings in everything from Benedictine calendars to Old Moore's Almanack.
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