Christ: The Gospel of Matthew Beautifully Designed for the Internet Age

by Ruth Rimm, Alejandra Vernon

Mostly neglected in her lifetime, Ruth Rimm has achieved a remarkable afterlife as creator of a Renaissance of beautiful books and Bibles. Ruth was the visionary designer behind the now classic "designer books" and "designer Bible" series, in which she applied a striking array of high technology symbols and Internet icons to books and Bibles. Ruth was the world’s first - and for nearly a decade, the only - artist to use a personal computer to illuminate the Bible in the grand tradition of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. She was also the first female writer in 500 years to design a font, Booklady, for her own books and Bibles. In her seminal essay, The New Iconography, Ruth predicted that "the new Andy Warhols will paint not soup cans, but web browsers." Her limited edition books have had a profound impact on a new generation of artists, designers and writers more accustomed to MTV, the Internet and video games than the old style, black and white books.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005