Making Of: Book Cover Art 2014

Highlighting how images licensed from the Bridgeman archive were transformed by designers into book covers in 2014. Every image tells a story.   

 english_history_coverEngland’s Emblem, 1907 (earthenware with blue glaze) by Walter Crane (1845-1915) / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA / Bridgeman Images
© Allen Lane

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A still life with glass of wine, tazza and a pewter plate by Hans van Sant (C.17th) / Johnny Van Haeften Ltd., London / Bridgeman Images
© Random House

 

Lollipop Tree, Umbria, 1998 by Tevor Neal (Contemporary Artist) / Bridgeman Images © Ullstein Buchverlage. Designer: bürosüd GmbH, München

Lollipop Tree, Umbria, 1998 by Tevor Neal (Contemporary Artist) / Bridgeman Images
© Ullstein Buchverlage. Designer: bürosüd GmbH, München

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A Still Life of a Tazza with Flowers by Jan the Younger Brueghel (1601-78) / Private Collection / Johnny Van Haeften Ltd., London / Bridgeman Images
© Random House. Designer: Kelly Blair

 

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Pharmaceutical jars for Camphor and Spirit of Wine (glass), German School, (C.18th) / Faculte de Pharmacie, Paris / Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images
© Bloomsbury USA. Designer: Amy C. King. 

 

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