MANUAL
FOR BUILDING AND REBUILDING
CASTLES AND FORTS
A project I did for my Master's thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
LAST 8 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS POST HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE EXHIBITION AT THE 50th GOLDEN PEN OF BELGRADE, THE 15th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ILLUSTRATION 2019!!!
It's a replica of a book that's been lying forgotten on a bookshelf for a few centuries.
The book teaches us the basics of fort building. It was written by an educated and sophisticated author who travelled the world and had seen the newest techniques and defence elements. It was written in times when firearms became so powerful and efficient that fortifications had to adapt.
Illustrations look like woodcuts made at the beginning of the 16th century. They were drawn with ink, but closely mimic the appearance of woodcut. All illustrations are my own and are not copies of old works.
Original drawings were made with ink, scanned and copied on an appropriate paper.