''Coloring the Ages'': A journey through print-making in the West

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"Coloring the Ages"
A journey through print-making in the West

"Coloring the Ages" is a series of coloring books with a twist - it includes a miscellany of illustrations from the 'Spirit of the Ages' Museum

that have been specially selected and introduced to take you (as the colorist) through the history of printed illustrations in the West.

We have brought together this selection so that you may reconnect with a tradition of hand-coloring printed illustrations that was a feature

of printed books and print-making from the 15th Century to the early-20th Century.

As you move through each Volume, the designs are accompanied by a researched introduction that will have you immersed in the stories

behind the works as you revive the art of enhancing monotone images with your own selection of palettes.

"Coloring the Ages" (Volume One)

The first Volume of "Coloring the Ages" was published in January 2012.

It measures 8.5 x 11", extends beyond 80 pages and includes, in addition to the Title Page, a further

20 designs for your coloring pleasure.

In taking this journey, you will have the opportunity to create your own

colored interpretation of illustrations from seminal works, including "Liber

Chronicarum" ("The Nuremberg Chronicle"), Sebastian Brant's "Daß

Narrenschyff ad Narrigoniam" ("Ship of Fools"), "Der Weiß Kunig",

Vergil's "Aeneid", "The Dance of Death", "Cosmographia", Dante

Alighieri's "La Divina Commedia" ("The Divine Comedy"), Richard

Wagner's "Lohengrin", "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and

"Tales from Shakespeare".

To the left, we show the Title Page to Volume One of "Coloring the Ages" - a

design first produced by Sidney Meteyard for "The Golden Legend" (1910).

Along this path, you will also encounter a few tales with which you may not be so familiar as you blend

your own approaches with works from famous artists of the Renaissance and the Golden Age of

Illustration including: Albrecht Dürer; the Master of the Grüninger Workshop; Hans Holbein the Younger;

David Kandel; Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Franz Hogenberg; Gustave Doré; Arthur Rackham;

Sidney H Sime; Reginald Knowles; Edmund Dulac; Vernon Hill; Willy Pogány; Kay Nielsen; Harry Clarke;

Frank C Papé; and Dugald Walker.

When you purchase a copy of "Coloring the Ages" (Volume One) from us, we will ship a copy to any destination worldwide for US$25 (inclusive of postage).

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The 20 designs specially selected for "Coloring the Ages" (Volume One) follow.

The cover of Volume One of

"Coloring the Ages"


The Expulsion from Paradise "Liber Chronicarum" (1493) Unknown Artist of the German Renaissance	Ship of Fools "Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam" (1497) Unknown Artist of the German Renaissance	Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon "Apocalipsis cum Figuris" (1498) Albrecht Dürer	Aeneis and the Sybil meet Palinurus on the shores of the Cocytus on their approach to the entrance of Hades "Opera" (1502) The Master of the Grüninger Workshop


How the Old White King traveled to the Pope's land with his consort to be married and was greeted warmly by the great masses of the population of Rome "Der Weiß Kunig" (Prepared prior to 1519 - first published in 1775) Unknown Artist of the German Renaissance	The Knight "The Dance of Death" (1538) Hans Holbein the Younger	The Rhinoceros "Cosmographia" (Various editions between 1544 and 1598) David Kandel (after Albrecht Dürer)	Lust "The Seven Vices" (1558) Pieter Bruegel the Elder


Battle between Dragon and Whale on the Rhine "Description of the Royal Wedding between Johan Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleve-Berg and Jakobe of Baden-Baden occurring in 1585" (1587) Franz Hogenberg	In fashion as a snow-white rose, lay then before my view the saintly multitude, which in his own blood Christ espoused "Purgatory and Paradise" (1889 - Henry Altemus Edition) Gustave Doré	The Rescue "The Studio" (1905 - April) Arthur Rackham	The ship of Yoharneth-Lahai "The Gods of Pegãna" (1905) Sidney H Sime


Prince Glee and Princess Trill "Legends from Fairyland" (1907) Reginald Knowles	The Bells "The Bells and Other Poems" (1912) Edmund Dulac	The Demon Lover "Ballads Weird and Wonderful" (1912) Vernon Hill	He is my Lord. He is my King. And his till death am I. "Lohengrin" (1913) Willy Pogány


He took her home "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (1914) Kay Nielsen	With magic key ... unlocking buds that keep the roses "The Year's at the Spring" (1920) Harry Clarke	They were stopped by the strange appearance of three figures "Tales from Shakespeare" (1923) Frank C Papé	Mr Valiant-for-Truth "The Dust of Seven Days" (1924) Dugald Stewart Walker

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