the rise of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century sparked has
section-European dialogue they the visual appearance of alphabetic
letters. Concerning themselves with fonts and calligraphy, authors of
Renaissance developments in mathematics and the manuals recruited
visual arts to fashion their letterforms. Many of these authors were
also visual artists skilled in numerous medium, such ace Geofroy Tory in
France and Albrecht D rer in Germany; Many more visual artists who did
not explicitly theorise letterforms did create artistic alphabets,
including figured alphabets and anthropomorphic woodcut initials. How
be these dialogues end what Writing should look like seep into
dialogues end what people should look like? This panel
investigates the relationship between the painted word and the painted
picture in Early Modern Portraiture. Where do the two mix, and Where are
they at odds with each other within painted human identities?