{"id":"cma-101029","titulo":{"en":"Bookplate: John W. Lowe","es":"Ex libris: John W. Lowe"},"titulo_original":"Bookplate: John W. Lowe","autor":"Unknown maker / Autor desconocido","fecha":"1901","cultura":"","tecnica":"paper","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur D. Brooks","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1370","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1370/1920.1370_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Bookplate: John W. Lowe","se_ve":"A black-ink print on cream-colored paper, centered on the sheet with wide empty margins. Inside a shield-shaped, pointed cartouche, a man sits frontally on an oversized upholstered armchair that fills almost the entire composition. He is shown in strict left profile from the waist up, with dark hair, a pronounced nose, and a thoughtful expression, while his body and legs face the viewer. He wears a dark buttoned coat, a pale, swirling-patterned waistcoat and cravat, light knee breeches, striped stockings, and black shoes with light straps. His right hand lifts a small, tall book or sheet beside his head; his left hand, with long fingers and a lace cuff, rests on his knee. The chair has dotted studded armrests with small tassels, draped cushions, and a speckled, granular arch behind him with fine horizontal hatching suggesting depth. Below the seat is a winged ornamental band, two tiny inscriptions at its sides, and the lettering 'JOHN W. LOWE / HIS BOOK'. The paper shows a diagonal crease at lower right and an irregular, torn bottom edge.","contexto":"According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, this is Bookplate: John W. Lowe, dated 1901, by an unknown maker, a print on paper in the Prints department, given by Arthur D. Brooks. Bookplates, also called ex libris, were printed labels pasted inside a book to identify its owner. Around the turn of the twentieth century they were also collected as small works of graphic art. The figure's historical dress probably signals literary or antiquarian taste; it is not known whether he is an accurate portrait of Lowe or an imagined character representing him.","como_mirarla":"Start with the enormous chair and notice how it both frames and dwarfs its sitter, then move down to his crossed stockinged legs and buckled shoes. Next look at the book or sheet raised in his right hand and his profile turned toward it. At the bottom, the inscription turns a whimsical portrait-like scene into a practical mark of ownership.","dato_curioso":"A telling visual paradox is that the owner is shown reading while enthroned in a chair so large it looks like an alcove: the book is tiny in his hand, but the armchair turns private reading into a ceremony.","preguntas":["What does the contrast between the man's small scale and his monumental chair say about the place of reading in his identity?","Is this figure meant to be John W. Lowe himself, an ancestor, or a fictional reader who stands in for him, and how does that change the image?","How would you design a bookplate today that claims a digital library with the same sense of ceremony?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Ex libris: John W. Lowe","se_ve":"Impresión en tinta negra sobre papel color crema, centrada en la hoja con amplios márgenes vacíos. Dentro de una cartela en forma de escudo puntiagudo, un hombre está sentado de frente en un sillón tapizado desproporcionadamente grande, que ocupa casi toda la composición. De la cintura para arriba se le ve en estricto perfil izquierdo, con pelo oscuro, nariz marcada y gesto pensativo, mientras el cuerpo y las piernas miran al espectador. Viste casaca oscura con botones, chaleco y corbatón claros con motivos ondulantes, calzón claro hasta la rodilla, medias rayadas y zapatos negros con correas claras. Con la mano derecha levanta, junto a su cabeza, un librito o pliego alto y estrecho; la izquierda, de dedos largos y puño con encaje, descansa sobre la rodilla. El sillón tiene reposabrazos tachonados con puntos y pequeñas borlas, cojines con pliegues y, detrás, un arco moteado y granulado con tramado horizontal fino que sugiere profundidad. Bajo el asiento hay una franja ornamental alada, dos inscripciones diminutas a los lados y el texto «JOHN W. LOWE / HIS BOOK». El papel presenta una doblez diagonal abajo a la derecha y el borde inferior irregular, como rasgado.","contexto":"Según el Cleveland Museum of Art, se trata de Bookplate: John W. Lowe, fechado en 1901, de autor desconocido, un grabado impreso sobre papel del departamento de Prints, donado por Arthur D. Brooks. Los ex libris o marbetes eran etiquetas impresas que se pegaban dentro de un libro para identificar a su dueño. A principios del siglo XX también se coleccionaban como pequeñas obras de arte gráfico. La ropa de época del personaje probablemente alude a gustos literarios o anticuarios; no se sabe si es un retrato fiel de Lowe o una figura imaginada que lo representa.","como_mirarla":"Empieza por el sillón enorme y observa cómo enmarca y a la vez empequeñece al personaje; después baja a sus piernas cruzadas, con medias y zapatos de hebilla. Luego mira el libro o pliego que levanta con la mano derecha y su perfil vuelto hacia él. Al final, la leyenda inferior convierte una escena casi teatral en una marca práctica de propiedad.","dato_curioso":"Hay una paradoja visual reveladora: el dueño aparece leyendo entronizado en un sillón tan grande que parece una hornacina; el libro es mínimo en su mano, pero el asiento convierte la lectura privada en una ceremonia.","preguntas":["¿Qué dice el contraste entre el tamaño pequeño del hombre y su sillón monumental sobre el lugar de la lectura en su identidad?","¿La figura pretende ser el propio John W. Lowe, un antepasado o un lector ficticio que lo sustituye, y cómo cambia eso la lectura de la imagen?","¿Cómo diseñarías hoy un ex libris que reclame una biblioteca digital con la misma sensación de ceremonia?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["bookplate","ex libris","print","black ink","portrait","reader","armchair","bibliophilia","1900s","costume","ornament","book ownership"],"es":["ex libris","marbete","grabado","tinta negra","retrato","lector","sillón","bibliofilia","principios del siglo xx","indumentaria de época","ornamento","propiedad de libros"]},"objetos":["papel","cartela en forma de escudo","hombre sentado","sillón tapizado","libro o pliego","corbatón","zapatos con hebilla","texto impreso"],"colores":["#f0e7d3","#191919","#6f6a5f","#d9cfb6","#3a3833"],"animo":["bibliófilo, irónico y teatral"],"epoca":"1901","certeza":"media","advertencias":[],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"If you look closely you will see it is not pencil but black ink on cream paper, dense in the armchair and lighter in the hatched background. I notice the wide empty margins, the uneven lower edge like torn paper and that diagonal crease at the lower right that tells its material history. The shield shaped cartouche frames the scene and the two tiny inscriptions on either side of the seat are a detail that calls for a magnifying glass.","es":"Si te acercas verás que no es un dibujo a lápiz, es tinta negra sobre papel color crema, bien cargada en el sillón y más ligera en el tramado del fondo. Me fijo en los márgenes amplios, el borde inferior irregular como rasgado y esa doblez diagonal abajo a la derecha que nos cuenta su historia material. La cartela en forma de escudo protege la escena y las dos inscripciones diminutas a los lados del asiento son un detalle que exige lupa."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"I see this man as if he were in his own orbit, isolated inside his shield that looks like a capsule. He sits facing forward but his head turns in strict left profile, as if observing something off frame. He holds a small upright book by his head like someone holding a portable telescope. The speckled arch behind the armchair reminds me of a grainy night sky, a cosmic backdrop for a solitary reader.","es":"Yo veo a ese hombre como si estuviera en su propia órbita, aislado dentro de su escudo que parece una cápsula. Está sentado de frente pero su cabeza gira en perfil estricto hacia la izquierda, como observando algo fuera de cuadro. Sostiene un librito vertical junto a su cabeza como quien sostiene un telescopio portátil. El arco moteado detrás del sillón me recuerda un cielo nocturno granulado, un fondo cósmico para un lector solitario."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"That armchair is huge! It looks like it is about to eat the man and only lets his legs peek out with striped stockings and strap shoes. He sits very straight and his head is turned to the side, as if he were playing at posing for a funny photo. With one hand he lifts a little book and with the other he rests on his knee. At the bottom it says JOHN W. LOWE HIS BOOK, so the book is his and he will not lend it to you.","es":"¡Ese sillón es gigante! Parece que se va a comer al señor y solo le deja asomar las piernas con medias rayadas y zapatos con correas. Está sentado muy recto y su cabeza está de lado, como si estuviera jugando a posar para una foto chistosa. Con una mano levanta un librito y con la otra descansa en su rodilla. Abajo dice JOHN W. LOWE HIS BOOK, o sea que el libro es suyo y no te lo presta."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"What color pattern do the seated man's stockings have and how many strap shoes are visible?","es":"¿De qué color son las medias del hombre sentado y cuántos zapatos con correa se ven?"},"pista":{"en":"Look from the knee down, below the light breeches.","es":"Mira de la rodilla hacia abajo, bajo el calzón claro."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What English text is printed below the armchair seat?","es":"¿Qué texto en inglés aparece impreso bajo el asiento del sillón?"},"pista":{"en":"Look for large centered letters under the winged ornamental band.","es":"Busca las letras grandes centradas bajo la franja ornamental alada."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What shape is the cartouche that frames the whole scene?","es":"¿Qué forma tiene la cartela que enmarca toda la escena?"},"pista":{"en":"It is the outer outline surrounding the man and the armchair.","es":"Es el contorno exterior que rodea al hombre y al sillón."}}],"conexiones":["ex libris y marcas de propiedad","historia del grabado en tinta negra","retratos en sillón como símbolo de estatus","moda e indumentaria de época idealizada","cultura de la bibliofilia a principios del siglo XX","ornamento y cartelas en artes gráficas","coleccionismo de efímeros impresos"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}