- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Medieval Ornament and Design
About this book
This lavish archive of exquisite engravings and designs--originally created in the mid-nineteenth century for the professional artist and architect--contains some 200 splendid illustrations, expertly adapted from decorative as well as utilitarian features of medieval cathedrals, churches, tombs, houses, shops, public buildings, and other structures. Encompassing a wide variety of styles, the designs include finely detailed panels, gawking gargoyles, marvelously carved pillars and pedestals, exquisite ironwork patterns, decorative stonework, magnificent stained glass windows, moldings enhanced with intricately woven motifs, and much more.
Artists, designers, and craftworkers will find wide use for these versatile, royalty-free illustrations. Students of architecture, art historians, and lovers of ornamental art will delight in the pure beauty of this magnificent collection.
Artists, designers, and craftworkers will find wide use for these versatile, royalty-free illustrations. Students of architecture, art historians, and lovers of ornamental art will delight in the pure beauty of this magnificent collection.
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Yes, you can access Medieval Ornament and Design by Jules Gailhabaud in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & History of Medieval Art. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
This volume contains an eye-opening panorama of the rich decorative art of the Middle Ages, spanning over 1,000 years of history. Included are hundreds of carefully selected authentic engravings of stonework, statuary, bronze and ironwork, woodcarving, and much more, mainly from Western European churches, cathedrals, chapels, and abbeys, but also from mosques of the Middle East. Ranging from fifth-century bas-reliefs on the tomb of SS. Simeon and Jude in Verona, to the soaring Gothic fretwork of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, to seventeenth-century window grilles of a house in Troyes, this art exemplifies the devotion, skill, and master craftsmanship of medieval architects, artists and artisans. More than 300 detailed illustrations, culled from a rare nineteenth-century French portfolio, depict architectural ornament, door and ceiling decorations, candelabras, stalls, enclosures, altars, lecterns, pulpits, baptismal fonts, funeral chapels, tombstones, and many other artifacts and relics of Western churches and cathedrals. In addition to a wealth of ecclesiastical art and decorati...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PUBLISHER’S NOTE