ART 144:
Artist Book as Object
A mini website created to help you in any research you embark on to inspire your craft or learn more about artists' books!
To Begin - The Art of Background Information
Though much disputed over the decades, the term ‘artist’s book’ has a well-recognized definition that draws on historical traditions of book production and conception now part of the current wide field of practice. Broadly understood, an artist’s book is...
Term used to define a variety of illustrated book that originated in France in the early 20th century. The essential feature of the livre d’artiste is that each illustration is an original work executed by the artist directly on the support (stone, wood, metal, linoleum etc) from which it is printed...
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