ratfactor
@ratfactor@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wow, today I discovered William Morris's Kelmscott Press. Many books published by the press were plain, but some of them were spectacularly illustrated. All of these images are from the Wikipedia page about the press (but the ALT descriptions are by yours truly):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmscott_Press

#bookIllustration #illuminations #letterpress #bibliophile #bookstodon

Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."