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Master of the Playing Cards

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The Master of the Playing Cards (Meister der Spielkarten) was the first major master in the history of printmaking. [1]

35 relations: Alsace, Arthur Mayger Hind, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Book of hours, Christie's, Cyclamen, Dresden, Engraving, Germany, Giant Bible of Mainz, Goldsmith, Gutenberg Bible, Hatching, Israhel van Meckenem, Johannes Gutenberg, Konrad Witz, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Manuscript, Master E. S., Max Lehrs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miniature (illuminated manuscript), Movable type, Old master print, Painting, Paris, Playing card, Princeton University, Printmaking, ProQuest, State (printmaking), Suit (cards), Switzerland, Wild man, Woodcut.

Alsace

Alsace (Alsatian: ’s Elsass; German: Elsass; Alsatia) is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

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Arthur Mayger Hind

Arthur Mayger Hind (1880-1957) was a British art historian.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

The (BnF, English: National Library of France) is the national library of France, located in Paris.

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Book of hours

The book of hours is a Christian devotional book popular in the Middle Ages.

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Christie's

Christie's is a British auction house.

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Cyclamen

Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Giant Bible of Mainz

The Giant Bible of Mainz is a very large manuscript Bible produced in 1452–53, probably in Mainz or nearby.

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Goldsmith

A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals.

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Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe.

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Hatching

Hatching (hachure in French) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines.

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Israhel van Meckenem

Israhel van Meckenem (c.1445 – 10 November 1503), also known as Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, was a German printmaker and goldsmith, perhaps of a Dutch family origin.

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Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (– February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press.

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Konrad Witz

Konrad Witz (1400/1410 probably in Rottweil, Germany – winter 1445/spring 1446 in Basel, Switzerland) was a German-born painter, active mainly in Basel, Switzerland.

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Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden

The Kupferstich-Kabinett (English: Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs) is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) of Dresden, Germany.

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Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand -- or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten -- as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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Master E. S.

Master E. S. (c. 1420 – c. 1468; previously known as the Master of 1466) is an unidentified German engraver, goldsmith, and printmaker of the late Gothic period.

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Max Lehrs

Max Lehrs (24 June 1855, Berlin — 12 November 1938, Dresden) was a German art historian and long-time director of the Dresden Kupferstichskabinett, 1896-1904, and 1908-1924, with the intervening as director in Berlin.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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Miniature (illuminated manuscript)

The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a small illustration used to decorate an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple illustrations of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment.

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Movable type

Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation) usually on the medium of paper.

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Old master print

An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Printmaking

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper.

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ProQuest

ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene B. Power.

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State (printmaking)

In printmaking, a state is a different form of a print, caused by a deliberate and permanent change to a matrix such as a copper plate (for engravings etc.) or woodblock (for woodcut).

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Suit (cards)

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Wild man

The wild man (also wildman, or "wildman of the woods") is a mythical figure that appears in the artwork and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to Silvanus, the Roman god of the woodlands.

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Woodcut

Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Playing_Cards

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