The Book as an Editorial Dilemma. The Cracovian Publishers and their Aesthetic Perspectives

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.66

Keywords:

book illustrations, art of the book, woodcut illustrations, Renaissance, editor’s preface, Cracow publishers

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the aesthetic attitudes of two major publishers active in Cracow in the second half of the 16th century: Mikołaj Szarfenberger (1519–1606) and Jan Januszowski (1550–1613). In the dedications and prefaces, they presented a broad view of their editorial efforts and the circumstances in which their publications were created. A critical analysis of these texts indicates editors’ growing awareness of how complex the matter of the “art of the book” truly was.

Author Biography

Joanna Sikorska, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Joanna Sikorska is an art historian, a chief curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Museum of Warsaw, and a lecturer at the Institute of Art History of the University of Warsaw. Her research interests focus on Italian and German graphic art, in particular on the reception of prints in the 15th and 16th centuries. She is currently engaged in a research project entitled Reframed Image. Reception of Prints in the Kingdom of Poland from the End of the 15th to the Beginning of the 17th c., which aims to create a scientific digital database dedicated to interest in printed images in Early Modern Poland. She is the author and co-author of numerous publications and NMW exhibitions (e.g. Masters of the Pastel. From Marteau to Witkacy. The Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw, NMW 2015/2016).

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Published

31/03/2021

How to Cite

Sikorska, J. (2021). The Book as an Editorial Dilemma. The Cracovian Publishers and their Aesthetic Perspectives: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, (101-102), 98–110. https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.66

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No. 101-102 (2021): The Material Body of the Book: Between Traditions and Innovation

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Articles

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