Nicolas jenson biography

About: Nicolas Jenson - DBpedia Association Nicholas (or Nicolas) Jenson (c. 1420–1480) was a French engraver, pioneer, printer and type designer who carried out most of his work in Venice, Italy. Jenson acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours and is credited with being the creator of one of the finest early Roman typefaces.

Item 6 of 10 Nicolas Jenson was a publisher and printer who developed the roman-style typeface. Apprenticed as a cutter of dies for coinage, Jenson later became master of the royal mint at Tours. In 1458 he went to Mainz to study printing under Johannes Gutenberg.

Nicolas Jenson - RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION French punchcutter, engraver, printer and typographer. Nicolas Jenson, a French goldsmith, was born in the 15th century. Before becoming a renowned typographer and punchcutter, he honed his skills in mintage at the royal court in Tours and in the art of jewelry making.

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Nicolas Jenson was a publisher and printer who developed the roman-style typeface. Apprenticed as a cutter of dies for coinage, Jenson later became master of the royal mint at Tours. In he went to Mainz to study printing under Johannes Gutenberg.

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French punchcutter, engraver, printer and typographer. Nicolas Jenson, a French goldsmith, was born in the 15th century. Before becoming a renowned typographer and punchcutter, he honed his skills in mintage at the royal court in Tours and in the art of jewelry making.

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According to Martin Lowry, the printing scholar and author of “Nicholas Jenson and Rise of Venetian Publishing in Renaissance Europe,” the first official biography of Jenson was written in the late s and amounted to “a two-volume potpourri of erudition and fantasy.”.

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The life of Nicholas Jenson, famed printer and renowned typographer, is the fascinating story of a Frenchman whose destiny was to bring everlasting glory to Italy. Commissioned by King Charles VII to master the secrets of printing for France, Jenson took his knowledge instead to Venice after learning of his beloved monarch's death.

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Nicolas Jenson was born in France in In , when he was 38, Jenson worked as an engraver at one of France’s mints. Charles VII sent him to Mainz to study the new art of movable-type printing, which was styled after the region’s Blackletter (fig.1).

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Nicholas Jenson (c. – ) was a French engraver, pioneer, printer and type designer who carried out most of his work in Venice, Italy. Jenson acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours and is credited with being the creator of one of the finest early Roman typefaces.

Nicolas Jenson (born c. According to Martin Lowry, the printing scholar and author of “Nicholas Jenson and Rise of Venetian Publishing in Renaissance Europe,” the first official biography of Jenson was written in the late 1700s and amounted to “a two-volume potpourri of erudition and fantasy.”.

› Visual Arts › Decorative Art. The life of Nicholas Jenson, famed printer and renowned typographer, is the fascinating story of a Frenchman whose destiny was to bring everlasting glory to Italy. Commissioned by King Charles VII to master the secrets of printing for France, Jenson took his knowledge instead to Venice after learning of his beloved monarch's death.

Nicholas (or Nicolas) Jenson (c. Nicolas Jenson was born in France in 1420. In 1458, when he was 38, Jenson worked as an engraver at one of France’s mints. Charles VII sent him to Mainz to study the new art of movable-type printing, which was styled after the region’s Blackletter (fig.1).