{"title":"Lee Hendrix","description":"Lee Hendrix retired in 2016 from her position as senior curator and head of the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Her numerous books include Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II (Getty Publications, 1997) and The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II (Getty Publications, 2003), both coauthored with Thea Vignau-Wilberg.","products":[{"product_id":"mira-calligraphiae-monumenta-a-sixteenth-century-calligraphic-manuscript-inscribed-by-georg-bocskay-and-illuminated-by-joris-hoefnagel-hardcover","title":"Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow back in print, \"the ultimate booklover's gift book\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnavailable for nearly a decade, this gorgeous volume features over 180 color illustrations, as well as scholarly commentary and biographies of both artists, to inspire scholars, bibliophiles, graphic designers, typographers, and calligraphers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1561-62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay (died 1575), imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMira calligraphiae monumenta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Model Book of Calligraphy) as a demonstration of his own preeminence among scribes. Some thirty years later, Ferdinand's grandson, the Emperor Rudolf II, commissioned Europe's last great manuscript illuminator, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), to embellish the work. The resulting book is at once a treasury of extraordinary beauty and a landmark in the cultural debate between word and image. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBocskay assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts for a work that summarized all that had been learned about writing to date--a testament to the universal power of the written word. Hoefnagel, desiring to prove the superiority of his art over Bocskay's words, employed every resource of illusionism, color, and form to devise all manner of brilliant grotesques, from flowers, fruit, insects, and animals to monsters and masks.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433225126111,"sku":"9781606066584","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KCZgnQ86zn9781606066584.webp?v=1790005855"},{"product_id":"peep-light-stories-of-a-mississippi-river-boat-captain-paperback","title":"Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. But every year, millions of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In \u003ci\u003ePeep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain\u003c\/i\u003e, Captain Lee Hendrix provides unique insight on people who work and live on and near the Mississippi River. Hendrix, formerly a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has worked on the Mississippi for fifty years, first as a towboat deckhand in 1972 and eventually as a pilot of towboats and passenger vessels. In 2014, Hendrix became captain of the towboat \u003ci\u003eMississippi\u003c\/i\u003e with the US Army Corps of Engineers, then he later retired to return to passenger vessels. For Hendrix and others like him, he is at home on the river, living and dining with the same people they work with, working with familiar faces for years at a time and yet meeting new people every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemonstrating a fascination not only with the river but also with the passions and dreams of those who live and work on it, these stories range from personal reflections on aging, experiencing one's first night on the river and the complex emotions that come with it, working on the deck, promotion to pilot, the characters working aboard these boats, and the history of the river itself. \u003ci\u003ePeep Light \u003c\/i\u003eunites humans with the river through engaging storytelling and sheds light on Hendrix's rare experience along one of the most powerful and important waterways in the world.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51434146398431,"sku":"9781496850362","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cXz2zKvmlI9781496850362.webp?v=1790024592"},{"product_id":"peep-light-stories-of-a-mississippi-river-boat-captain-hardback-hardcover","title":"Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain (Hardback) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. 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