Exhibition from A to Z. Until November 30, 2023

The Alphabet has revolutionized our society, our culture and the way we understand the world around us. The invention of the Phoenician alphabet simplified the thousands of characters in pictographic writing down to around twenty, each representing a consonant sound.

Scribes, calligraphers, artists, designers and typographers deserve our admiration, for their meticulous, detailed work on design and shapes in search of perfection and balance.

Exhibition from A to Z. The letter as a means of expression, exploring the history of the alphabet and its different uses, not only utilitarian but also aesthetic and imaginative.

WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764)

The five orders of PERRIWIGS. Londres, 1761

3/3 state, last quarter print run
XVIIIème siècle
Etching on laid paper..
Paper: 375 x 265 mm
Plate: 300 x 215 mm

Standing out Visual :

JUAN CLAUDIO AZNAR DE POLANCO (1663-1736)

Letra de Pancilla para Libros / Pancilla’s lyrics for Books. Madrid, 1719

Burin on laid paper.
It is part of the work -Arte nuevo de escribir por principios geométricos, y reglas matemáticas-, 1719
Plate: 297 x 195 mm
Paper: 297 x 210 mm