Styles et modèles, Pascal Alivon

Description

Styles et modèles, Guide des styles de dorure et de décoration des reliures (Styles and Models, Guide to Styles of Gilding and Bookbinding Decoration), Éditions Artnoville, 1990.

Styles et modèles is a simple and clear book that helps readers recognise French styles of gilding by explaining them in chronological order and illustrating them with 2,000 reproductions of gilding tools and numerous photographs.

In addition, it establishes links between this art and the main trends of each century that shaped the “spirit of the age”, allowing you to draw on your own culture and artistic interests beyond gilding to analyse a book’s decoration for yourself.”