• The Humanity of Alphabetical Letterforms

A short introduction to artists’ figurative alphabets composed from human + animal forms:

Giovannino de Grassi: 1390

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Master E.S.: 1465

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Robinet Testard: 1475 – 1500

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Hans Holbein: 1524

HolbeinAlphabetOfDeath

William Cowpers: 1724

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