Calligraphy with Powerful Gothics
Historic context
A course by Oriol Miró Genovart , Calligrapher
About the video: Historic context
Overview
“The Gothic letter represents the sublimation of the medieval Gothic style, corresponding to the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is the culminating stage in the evolutionary process of the Latin letter. In the course we will develop two types of Gothic letters. First a medieval Gothic, based on the letter of the manuscript Les Grandes Heures de Duc de Berry. Second, a modern gothic expressionist based on the models of the German calligrapher Rudolf Koch. ”
In this video lesson Oriol Miró Genovart addresses the topic: Historic context, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy with Powerful Gothics. Master Gothic calligraphy and design a beer label.
Partial transcription of the video
“in this lesson we are going to see a little of historical referents, are important historical referents especially speaking of Gothic because evidently is a letter that comes from the Gothic, from the Gothic period, from 500 - 600 years ago, we come from the 10th century, from the Romanesque are always round shapes, the letter from Carolingia the letter Romanesque as the arc of half a point the barrel vault, and for a good couple of centuries the form is compressed is condensing until they arrive to very vertical forms, very angular, like the cathedrals, the ogival turn, the pointed arch an...”
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Course summary for: Calligraphy with Powerful Gothics
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Calligraphy, Typography
Oriol Miró Genovart
A course by Oriol Miró Genovart
Oriol Miró Genovart (did you spot the "OMG"?) has been a professional calligrapher since 1994. He was first introduced to calligraphy while studying graphic design, and it immediately fascinated him. He spent hours and hours working, looking for the perfect counterforms and immaculate spaces. Since then, his obsession with letters, spacing, pens and brushes of all kinds, paper, and inks has never waned.
His work combines professional assignments with teaching, having held the title of professor at the Elisava School (UPF) in Barcelona since 1995. He also teaches at other universities, schools, and in master's and postgraduate programs. Since 2009, he has been running his own intensive calligraphy workshops near Girona, twice a year.
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