Comments on: Braccelli's book

Braccelli's book

Pinwheel — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:07:41 -0800

"This vellum-bound curiosity is one of the rarest and most mysterious etching suites of the late Renaissance." Braccelli's fantastic drawings are excellent examples of early (early, early) surrealism. For higher quality images, try this link instead.

By: plexi

plexi — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:21:52 -0800

Thank you for posting this.

By: Pinwheel

Pinwheel — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:21:54 -0800

(I should have mentioned, via Giornale Nuovo, one of the best blogs on the net.)

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:27:55 -0800

That's it, Pinwheel, for the LAST TIME I will not come up and "see your etchings!" Actually, very nice, thanks.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:35:04 -0800

Wow. Thanks, Pinwheel - these are spectacular. I think I must have the cd. The $25.00 one, not the $250.00 one!

By: Pinwheel

Pinwheel — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:35:49 -0800

I was very excited to have this stuff brought to my attention again. I once came across this drawing: in a book about mankind's early ambitions to create automatons, and liked it so much that I had it screen-printed onto a T-shirt. I didn't bother tracing the source at the time - now I know.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:20:27 -0800

This is absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you Pinwheel for posting this! I knew about Bracelli but, stupidly, never took the time to actually look up his drawings. I wish I had but at least that has now been remedied. Thanks again.

By: taz

taz — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:43:38 -0800

Cool. Thankee, Pinwheel.

By: taz

taz — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:54:23 -0800

Hey, guess what - Giornale Nuovo is from our misteraitch! I love misteraitch!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:35:58 -0800

very cool. And thanks for the second link. I have to say that first link displays some of the very worst interface design I've seen in quite a while...

By: gametone

gametone — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:47:23 -0800

OK, I'll pile on. I love both the Braccelli and Giornale Nuovo. But I wish the Library of Congress site had hi-res scans of just the etchings and not not wasted bandwidth on all that blank vellum. Thanks pinwheel.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:04:42 -0800

This is wonderful, thanks Pinwheel!

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:45:32 -0800

I was trying to think of what these drawings reminded me of. Its not just De Chirico's mannequins. The wild anthropomorphic forms actually remind me of the work of the Polish artist Daniel Mroz who is more well-known as an illustrator for many books by Stanislaw Lem.

By: taz

taz — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:31:10 -0800

The Mroz link is great, vacapinta, plus he has a drawing of eyeballkid.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:06:23 -0800

Thanks for the kind words, people & thanks to vacapinta for the Mroz link: very interesting.