Objects on a Page, a scrapbook of possibilities

OBJECTS ON A PAGE

Open a book at any double page spread. There is a visual display of information. How are the objects depicted to be deployed on the surface? How shall they relate to each other? To the ground? To the text? More questions beneath.

This is a scrapbook of possibilities in as much order as I can sustain at the moment. Just browse eh?

ENCYCLOPEDIC IMPULSES

	CONCISE HOUSEHOLD ENCYCLOPEDIA C1936	FANS RECIPES
	ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARIES	GEMS VEGETABLES TISSUS FIRING GUNS
	THE SINGLE IMAGE NARRATIVE MA COURSE LECTURE
	THE ORIGINAL "ARRANGEMENT ON THE PAGE" SCREEN
		Magnus, History of the Northern Peoples, Rome 1555 objects on a page
		RACINET'S LE COSTUME HISTORIQUE 1876

GRAPHIC POSSIBILITIES

	CARTOON AND CARICATURE	RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT FORMAT
	FASHION PLATES	PLATES, Le Journal des dames et des modes 1912-3 accessories and figures PLATE - RIBBONS PLATE - UMBRELLAS PLATE - HATS PLATE - FANS ICE HOCKEY GOALKEEPER DRESSING FORTUNE MAGAZINE c1935 arrangement of clothes Madrid Artillery Museum , catalogue of armour, Paris 1837 KNITTING PATTERNS, the empty shell syndrome
	ADVERTISING	Aircraft in the Sky, 1954 Car Parts with Executive Dodge Trucks parade on a double page Mince Meat Magic still life Ties 1947 Socks 1947 Cowboy Boots 1967 Chewing Gum c1948 Lifesavers 1954 Plastics by Plaskon Meat Products New Berry Fruits 1956 GATX, the materials of Mining June 1957 Chrysler Parts 1963 Western Metals Have It 1945 Fabrics for Products, Wellington Sears 1958
	INSEL VERLAG little picture books Germany 1920-	Mushrooms Lepidoptera Trees
	LIBERTUS	Marks of blood falling on a sacred veil, Strassburg c1503
	MARY AVERILL	SELECTED IMAGES, FLOWER ARRANGING 1922

NATURAL HISTORY PLATES (SELECTION)

DI NOTO/WINTER, The Pressed Plant

	LINNAEUS, SHELLS 1758/9
	BONNANI, SHELLS FOR KIRCHER 1709
	SAUNDERS, THE COMPLETE FISHERMAN 1744 ,
	PANORAMA OF NATURE 1817 (CM Coll)
	LINNAEUS, SHELLS 1758/9

	BESLER, HORTENSUS EYSTETTENSIS 1613 TULIPS
	ROSSLER, FLORA DANICA, 1764 FERN
	BRADSHAW, POMONA BRITTANICA 1812 (001)
	BRADSHAW, POMONA BRITTANICA 1812 (002)
	ANON, FRUIT OF BRAZIL c1935

	FLEURS DES SERRES 1845
	MUSHROOMS KRUMBHOLZ 1821
	CLARK'S VERMICULARS DESTROYED, C1691 (worms and their ilk)
	F.Dixon, The Geology and Fossils of Sussex, 1850
	Bu'hoz, Les dons merveilleux..., Paris 1782

	SNOW FLAKES AND HOAR FROST
	THE ARMS OF AN OCTOPUS FROM SALVIANI 1558
	MUSHROOMS BULLIARD, Paris 1776-1783

	A.GUNTHER, GIGANTIC LAND TORTOISE 1877
	R.FULTON, ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF PIGEONS 1874-6
	J.M.HEROLD, FROM HIS BOOK ON BUTTERFLIES 1815

	ALEXANDER WILSON, AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 1829
	AUGUST KORDA, MEDICINAL FLOWER BOOK, LEIPZIG 1840
	ROSENHOFF AND KLEEMAN INSECTS 1765

T.R.NASH , Collections for the History of Worcestershire , 1799

	JOHN ELLIS,CURIOUS AND UNCOMMON ZOOPHYTES 1786
	SPENCER ST.JOHN, LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE FAR EAST 1863
	SWEET, FLORILEGIUM, FRANKFURT 1612-15, TULIPS

	BOYM, FLORA SINENSIS VIENNA 1656 The Papaya
	MOSES HARRIS, THE AURELIAN, 1835, the dedication page
	CHARLES BONAPARTE, A PAGE OF BATS FROM FLORA ITALICA, ROME 1832 -41

	from BESLER'S HORTUS EYSTETTINUS, THE BISHOP OF EICHSTATT'S GARDEN 1617
	UTAMARO, Shells on a Conical Rock, 1790, Japanese illustrated book
	EDIBLE MUSHROOMS, CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, NEUFCHATEL C1870

GENERIC TYPES

	TRADE CATALOGUES main menu	MATHIESON OF GLASGOW, WOODWORKING TOOLS 1899 JACQUOTOT, Partis, Kitchen equipment 1905c PRESTON OF BIRMINGHAM, RULES, PLANES AND TOOLS 1901 SCENT BOTTLES 1825 FURNITURE, HEPPLEWHITE 1794 WOOL SAMPLES - BRIGGS OF MANCHESTER SHOEMAKERS TOOLS TOYS, BAVARIA 1830 FITTINGS FOR MODERN SHIPS c1910 single sheet TOYS BAVARIA ROULETTE WHEELS c1820 LEICHNER'S MAKE-UP 1938 TOYS, Nuremburg c1877 TOYS,Nuremburg c1808 A TOYS,Nuremburg c1808 B TOYS, MILAN c1894 (skittles) SHOES, Edinburgh 1900 GERMAN IRONWARE, c1820 knives , Nuremburg c1877 American Wood Samples, Racine 1910 Daniel Lescallier, Traite de greemont des vaisseuax, 1791 an edition of Hesiod, Venice, 1587, agricultural tools tea cups, Silber and Fleming c1885 New types of Tape, US 1952 Various Types of Columns, Extraordinary and symbolic Patanymphic Columns from Architectura Civil REA EXPRESS products reduced to dispatch (road) 1961
	TRAINING MANUALS AND HOW TO DO IT BOOKS	The Cult of the Pastel 1920 Composition, Arthur Dow 1899 Colour Harmonies for Shop Windows 1955 POINT IT OUT, picture language book 1944 P. Hebrard, Treatise on Chimneys, Dijon, 1756 Zanini, On Smoking Chimneys. Padua 1677 J.B.Sind Training Manual Horse training 1770 Maria Montessori, from her pedagogic handbook 1909
	CABINET OF CURIOSITIES	CABINET OF FERRANTE IMPERATOR JACOB HOEFNAGEL PLATE 1592 John Hawksworth, Southern Hemisphere Travels... Dublin 1773
	UNIVERSAL, German Toys 1924/1926	PLATE PLATE PLATE PLATE
	COOKERY, MISC PLATES	PLATE PLATE PLATE PLATE carving PLATE Fish, Hannah Woolley, The Accomplished Ladies' delight 1684 DOROTHY HARTLEY, FOOD IN ENGLAND, 1954 BESTWAY COOKERY GIFT BOOK C1926
	SCIENCE, MISC PLATES	analysis of URINE PLATE Astronomy PLATE Animal Motion PLATE Calculating Hands PLATE Agricola Mineralogy Crowbars Leupld , Divers PLATE Surgical Instruments c1720 PLATE Artillery Devices 1702 PLATE Surgical Instruments Frankfurt 1556 PLATE Surgical Instruments Alexander Read 1887 PLATE Surgical Instruments Florence, c1650, engraving PLATE Hausman's study of Crystals 1821 PLATE Distillation Equipment, Geneva 1703
	HORTICULTURE	PLATE - GARDEN TOOLS PLATE - BENCHES PLATE - GARDEN TOOLS II PLATE - HOW TO GROW MARROWS PLATE - TULL, HUSBANDRY 1733 PLATE Ploughs Tull 1733 PLATES FROM Elias Fries Scleromeycetii Sueicae 1819 -1821, specimens of fungi bound into the book PLATE Worlidge, Vinetum Britannicum, cider making 1676 PLATE Weinman, Phytantosa Iconographia...1737- 1745 PLATE Alphonse Mas, Cherries Paris 1873

MUSIC

ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS Bianchini 1742

Musical Instruments, from Bianchini

Athanasius Kircher, Musurgia Universalis, Rome 1650

FROM DONI, LYRA BARBERINI, 1793, 2 STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

CATALOGUES OF OBJECTS

PLATE GERMAN CURRENCY 1604 (HANDCOLOURED)

NOTITIA DIGNITARUM, EMBLEMS OF RANK BASLE 1522

J.F.Roth Facsimile Gems, Nuremburg 1805

a single page of Walking Sticks

DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLES before 1900

DIDEROT L'Encyclopedie 1763 etc

PLATE

CASSIANO DEL POZZO

The Paper Museum 17th C

PLATE

ALBERTUS SEBA

Cabinet of Natural Curiosities 1734-1765

PLATE

PIRANESI graphic deices

FRAGMENTS

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER

CHINA MONUMENTIS 1667

ANIMALS OF CHINA

PLANTS OF CHINA

OWEN JONES

GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT 1856

PLATE

DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLES after 1900

	PIERRE BOUCHER AND EMILE ALLAIS, How to Ski 1947	double page spread double page spread double page spread
	WILL BURTIN editorial designer, FORTUNE, US Army Training Manuals, etc	THE EYE ON THE PAGE (GRAPHIS) diagram THE AMERICAN BAZAAR FORTUNE 1947 spread ANIMALS ARE IDENTIFIERS page
	GEORGE HARDIE	Jugged Hare, single sequence The Woiks
	ERIC NITSCHE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND INVENTION 1960'S	PLATE PLATE PLATE PLATE PLATE
	KEN BOTTO PAST JOYS 1978	PLATE PLATE PLATE

DESIGN/ARCHAELOGY

	ROBERT ADAM Works in Architecture 1773-8	PLATE PLATE PLATE
	SAKHNOFFSKY	PLATE INDUSTRIAL ELEMENTS INTERIOR DESIGN
		uncut volvelle on a page Venice 1580
		bookbinding 1762- 73
		calligraphy (Fanti) Venice 1514
	GOETHE	PLATE FROM FARBENLEHRE 1810
	C.LEEMANS	LEIDEN'S EGYPTIAN COLLECTION 1842-5

	WILLEMIN	MONUMENS FRANCAIS Inedits 1806-39
	DOUGLAS	Sepulchral History of Great Britain 1793
		Notitia Dignitatum, a codex reproduced
		Ozanne, decoration for the Prows of Ships 1799-1801
	FORTUNE PAGE	The Tools of the Confucianist Trade
		ARCHAEOLOGY general section
		PALEY'S GOTHIC MOULDINGS

ILLUSTRATION

	BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF	UCC (over my fireplace) US Public Health System (the tree metaphor)
	BOUTET DE MONVELLE	PLATE PLATE
	CARAN D'ACHE	PLATE Marlborough, swords, hats and boots PLATE
	PAXTON CHADWICK	PLATE PLATE
	THOMAS CLELAND	PLATE PLATE

	WALTER CRANE	PLATE PLATE
	GEORGE CRUIKSHANK	PLATE - TREE METAPHOR PLATE - ACCORDION FOLD
	FREDA DERRICK	PLATE INSIDE THE ARK
	STEVE DOHANOS	TOOLS IN A WINDOW
	ANNA DUCHESNE	ZODIAC SIGNS

	FOUGASSE	SEASIDE OBJECTS
	ERIC FRASER	PLATE - TREE METAPHOR PLATE - ACCORDION FOLD
	GRACE GABLER ABC	PLATE PLATE
	ANDRE HELLE	plate from Boite a Jou-Jou
	F.K.HENRION	Instruments of Industry

	JOSEF HERCIK	PLATE
	'JOB'	FOOD
	HAROLD JONES	ENCHANTED NIGHT COVER
	RONALD LAMPITT	Ladybird Map for children
	THE PETERSHAMS	DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD FROM CORN

	ROJANKOWKSY	PLATE from DANIEL BOONE
	SKARBINA	REBUS
	NIKLAUS STOEKLIN	PLATE GRASSHOPPER
	HEYWOOD SUMNER	PLATE STONEHENGE
	HANS TISDALL	PLATE WHEELS

THE BOOK IS OPENED ....

How are the objects depicted to be deployed on the surface?

How shall they relate to each other?

The spaces between

The ground

The diagrammatic and the representational

Tensions in dimension (2D v 3D)

The role of text

The balance of colour, shape, texture

The role of the frame/s

The role of the Rule, vignette, decoration

The edge of the page

The balance of information and decoration

The source of rhetoric (the concealed narrator)

Calculation versus the random

The trajectory of the reader's eye across the page/s

The pages on second trajectory

The pages on second visit

THE PAGE IS TURNED

The after-image

Sustaining the grid

Recognising a change of section (facsicule)

overall metaphor on conclusion