Quoting the Bookseller:
Firm binding
clean inside copy.
Age toning.
First U.S. Edition.
Dust jacket protected
in a mylar book cover.
OVERSIZE
No priority/international,
except by special arrangement.
Price: 24.95 USD
Text accompanying his photos was written by Collette Gouvion.
The book was published by Abrams in 1985.
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France From The Air is listed on the first page
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At first glance of the above image, my reaction
was exponential awe. That was yesterday.
In 1985, the artist responsible for designing
France From The Air did not use a computer.
She described her assignment as a "mechanical project,"
meaning lots of blood, sweat, & endless hours
working with printers and subordinates.
Further information from the designer
appears in the comment section below.
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In 2014, the artist responsible for designing
France From The Air is known as Mrs. CarPeo.
But that is not how she will autograph her books.
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But mostly I worked alone–from concept to completion.
ReplyDeleteThose darned individual angles for each letter,
in order to create the illusion of perspective.
Mrs. CarPeo, would you please elaborate on
DeleteThose darned individual angles for each letter
Well, since perspective implies convergence
ReplyDeleteeach letter had its own, say: "degree of italization"
so that it would appear each followed the photos
particular horizon point. Do I mean italicization?
In layman's language, the word is slant
Deletewhich is easy for me to say
but was not easy for you
to do in 1985.
The slanting was neither left nor right but upward,
providing perspective and convergence.
Sorta left and right
ReplyDeletePardon my pretentious presumption
DeleteYES, it is sorta left and right
But the marvel of it is the illusion
of a third dimension.
The Renaissance guys Probably knocked socks off
ReplyDeleteThat the Renaissance artists were expert at perspective
ReplyDeleteis common knowledge but what is not is that the mostly
Italian artists of the Renaissance were focused
on CREATING ART while the rest of Europe
was involved in the One Hundred Year War