All you ever wanted to know about facsimiles: how scholars teach using facsimiles; interviews with publishers; challenges in printing facsimiles; evolution of technologies.
This year I set off for the Frankfurt Book Fair with low expectations, only to discover that publishers unveiled 10 new exciting facsimiles. From the Letters of Othea to the Cloisters Apocalypse, this year brought unexpected surprises that are sure to delight art book enthusiasts!
These twelve meticulously preserved notebooks span nearly three decades of Leonardo’s life, offering a rare glimpse into the genius’s relentless curiosity and boundless creativity. From intricate sketches of flying machines to profound treatises on optics and anatomy, each page brims with the timeless wisdom of a visionary ahead of his time. A surprise awaits you at the end of this article!
Imagine a hot summer day on the Romagna seashore, with my son kicking a ball and my wife Giulia attempting to soak up the sun. It was during this moment that I vividly recall bombarding her with questions and frantically jotting down notes on a piece of paper, in an attempt to solidify my ideas and chase the sudden vision of what would eventually become the Facsimile Finder database.
Professor Shirin Fozi explains why she found handling the newly acquired Hebrew facsimiles in the University of Pittsburgh’s library to be transformative and why the physical presence of the facsimiles in the library proved vital for her seminars.
Find out how an American Professor specializing in art history used a facsimile of a medieval map of the Roman Empire to enrich and deepen her students’ learning experience. Teaching in a hybrid environment during the pandemic has been quite a challenge for both teachers and students, but in this case, it turned into a great opportunity.
George Cochrane’s graphic novel is now in production. This is your chance to grab one of the last copies available for sale.
We want to thank everyone who has followed our journey into the world of The Divine Comedy, taking a closer look at George Cochrane’s artistic process in completing ‘La Divina Commedia – The New Manuscript’
George wanted to create a new edition that recalled many of the things that were visible in the time of Dante: every move the artist made was a careful choice.
“That connection of handwriting, telling a story in sequence, where you use words and pictures to tell a story, is a very strong connection.”
The way Dante’s work first appeared was in manuscripts, so handwriting is a part of the way that his poem had first appeared.