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COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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Filename:
cc_csc018_manutius_08.jpg
Identifier:
cc_csc018_manutius_08.jpg
Title:
Aldus Manutius
Creator:
Thom, Robert A., 1915-1979
Subject:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Subject:
Publishing houses
Subject:
Italic type
Subject:
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600
Summary:
Perhaps the greatest figure in book publishing history, Aldus Manutius established a printing firm in Venice during the Fifteenth Century which published "pocket-sized" editions of Greek and Latin classics at low cost. His Aldine Press made it possible for commoners to read Aristotle, Euripides, Plato and Plutarch. The works were distinguished by typographical beauty and accuracy of scholarship. He was the first printer to use small capitals and italics; he authored one of the first Greek-Latin dictionaries, and founded an academy of famous Greek scholars.
Publisher:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Date of Original:
1966 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2002-04-08
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
oil paintings
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
oil on canvas
Dimensions of Original:
60.96 x 81.28 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
csc018
Library Collection:
Graphic Communications Through the Ages
Digital Project:
2019_0037_kimberlyclark
Catalog Record:
https://albert.rit.…
Place:
Italy - Venice
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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Aldus Manutius