Albrecht Durer: Rhinoceros www.artcyclopedia.com

Yesterday’s post, the second entry of the review of The Art of Botanical Illustration by Wilifrid Blunt, (https://gregole.com/2015/02/19/the-art-of-botanical-illustration-part-2-the-art-of-the-woodcut/) got me to thinking about book production in general right after the invention of movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439, and specifically picture-book production marrying movable type and woodcuts.  In hacking around the internet yesterday researching woodcut artists I was stunned by the powerful images this medium is capable. Continue Reading