2,000 Years of Calligraphy: A Three-part ExhibitionIn the summer of 1965, one of the largest, comprehensive exhibitions of calligraphic masterpieces of the Western world was mounted in Baltimore by 3 major art institutions: the Walters Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Peabody Institute Library. This elegant, large-format volume, as well as being the exhibition catalog of that event, is a complete survey of calligraphy produced over the last 2,000 years. Containing 218 carefully chosen reproduced plates, representing every important development in the history of letter form. This book is a treasure trove for calligraphers and calligraphiles. |
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Foreword | 6 |
Abbreviations Frequently Used II | 12 |
The Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century | 75 |
Copyright | |
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