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The art of still life painting is a celebrated part of Dutch culture, but before still lifeemerged, there were illustrators who delicately illuminated handwritten manuscripts with images of flora and fauna to add emotional power to a written work.<#13>One of the most celebrated practitioners of this style was Joris Hoefnagel (15421601). In the 1590s the Emperor Rudolf II commissioned Hoefnagel to addhis illuminations to the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a mid-16th-century manuscript on the art of calligraphy by Georg Bocskay. The page reproduced here is known as Martagon Lily and Tomato.

Lily Tomato Mira Botanica Midi Lined Journal

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    Publisher: Paperblanks
    Publication Date: 07/01/2022
    ISBN13: 9781439793480, 978-1439793480
    ISBN10: 1439793484

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    Book Synopsis
    The art of still life painting is a celebrated part of Dutch culture, but before still lifeemerged, there were illustrators who delicately illuminated handwritten manuscripts with images of flora and fauna to add emotional power to a written work.<#13>One of the most celebrated practitioners of this style was Joris Hoefnagel (15421601). In the 1590s the Emperor Rudolf II commissioned Hoefnagel to addhis illuminations to the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a mid-16th-century manuscript on the art of calligraphy by Georg Bocskay. The page reproduced here is known as Martagon Lily and Tomato.

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