Time and Place : Notes on the art of calendars

Name: Time and Place
Brand: Little Toller Books
SKU: 9781908213808
Price: 2150 KES
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ISBN: 9781908213808

by Alexandra Harris

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Format Hardback

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 styles History of art Book design Book 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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