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MIXED MEDIA ART- ALTERED BOOKS www.alteredbookartist.com www.mixedmediaartist.com www.briandettmer.com Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.visual art
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The altered book has evolved as a form of mixed media artwork since the1960s, but its influences have spanned centuries.
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Some of the first to alter a book were monks during the 11th century, who created new texts and illustrations, called palimpsest, using the ink from earlier manuscripts.
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In later centuries examples of mixed media art emerged. One was Grangerism, a Victorian art form that involved illustrating books by gluing in engravings from other book.
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Making scrapbooks by pasting pictures and mementos onto the printed pages of old books was a popular past time from the late 1800s through the early 1900s.
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