No one before Bernini had managed to make marble so carnal. In his nimble hands it would flatter and stream, quiver and sweat. His figures weep and shout, their torses twist and run, and arch themselves in spasms of intense sensation. He could, like an alchemist, change one material into another – marble into trees, leaves, hair, and, of course, flesh. – Simon Schama’s Power of Art. Bernini
The monkey sitting behind the table is making parchment – the other one seems to be making a crown. Note the animal skin that is spread out in front of the monkey on the left: he is scraping and sanding it so the surface may contain text and drawings. If you are familiar with my Tumblr you know that the margins of medieval books often contained such absurd decoration. The image is part of the new entry in my project’s blog (we are a team of five studying medieval books). It discusses workshops and classes where can learn about medieval book production – like making parchment. Read the post here.
“Handmade, marbled papers were popular in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, and are considered works of art in and of themselves. The Decker Library is fortunate enough to own a number of beautifully marbled tomes from the 18th and 19th centuries, including marbled edges and covers.”
Pictured above are examples of some of the beautiful marbled volumes from the collection. To see these and more, check out our new library exhibit on Endsheet Art curated by Allison Fischbach.
Today we are revisiting some of the lovely examples of marbled end sheet art from our collection, and checking out this incredible film, The Art of the Marbler from the Bedfordshire Archives!
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These are the sizes for 100DPI, the bare minimum (and industry standard) for decent printing should be 300. Not entirely sure what OP was thinking but here is the above sizes at 300DPI:
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