Altar book for Górecki : the Symphony of sorrowful songs by Henryk Górecki ; lyrics in Polish and English translation

Unknown artist

1996

3 plates : ill. ; 30 x 15 cm.

Princeton Digital PUL

A triptych featuring two detailed illustrations of birds and a central panel of text. The left panel shows a stylized, elongated bird with visible skeletal elements. The right panel depicts a bird in flight with outstretched wings. The central panel contains printed text in columns. A triptych featuring two detailed illustrations of birds and a central panel of text. The left panel shows a stylized, elongated bird with visible skeletal elements. The right panel depicts a bird in flight with outstretched wings. The central panel contains printed text in columns. "Inspired by the 1992 recording of Henryk Górecki's Symphony no. 3 ... The bird illustrations are from seventeenth-century copperplate engravings by Francis Willughby. Photographed by John Wareham, the illustrations were digitally adapted and made into polymer plates by Gerald Lange. The woodcut was designed and carved by Keiji Shinohara. Paul Shaw prov