Author: Eva Wilson
Publisher: Dover
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780486253404
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This magnificent design treasury reproduces over 400 historic designs that embellish objects, manuscripts, monuments and buildings created in Britain from the 5th to the 14th centuries. Ranging from simple to sophisticated, the designs have been meticulously translated into highly decorative copyright-free line drawings by illustrator Eva Wilson. Artists and craftspeople will find this book a fertile source of design inspiration from a decorative-arts tradition of dazzling virtuosity, reflecting the rich intermingling of Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Germanic, Viking and other early aesthetic influences. Drawn chiefly from artifacts in the collections of various British museums and libraries, the selection includes: A gold buckle from the royal burial site at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, Spiral scroll patterns from the Lindisfarne Gospels, Decorated letters from 7th-century manuscripts, Borders from the Book of Durrow, Designs from stone sculpture of the Viking Age, Embroidered designs from the Bayeux Tapestry, Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis, 13th- and 14th-century patterned floor tiles, ... and much more. This important, extensively researched sourcebook explores the historical background of the designs, and presents the patterns and motifs arranged thematically, demonstrating in detail how similar elements combine to produce a design as intricate as a decorated initial or as simple as a filled square or ornamental border. Here, then, is a comprehensive treasury of authentic, ready-to-use motifs that will lend medieval flair and flavor to almost any art or crafts project.
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780486995915
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More than 200 authentic motifs, ideal for myriad uses, include elaborate spirals and weaves, exotic birds, horned beasts, mermaids, and other fanciful creatures that can be used as borders or individually.
Author: Ian Stead
Publisher: British museum Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →I00 pages of illustrations taken mainly from the artefacts of metal work and pottery.
Author: Derek Hull
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780853235491
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Much of early medieval Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art is based on the display of motifs – key, interlacing, spiral and zoomorphic – in well-defined panels in simple and complex arrays. A study of the arrangement of the panels and the fine detail of the motifs indicates that the artists relied on geometric methods and principles first used by Egyptians and Greeks. This book reflects Derek Hull’s life-long interest in interpreting the exciting and exotic patterns revealed by scientific studies using light and electron microscopes. His interest in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art started with a casual observation of an interlacing pattern on an early medieval stone cross set in a churchyard. There followed many years of exploration of art in metal, stone and vellum from all parts of the British Isles and Ireland, resulting in some fascinating discoveries. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art reveals new and intriguing facets of these works that add to our appreciation of the beauty of the art and the skills of the artists. "This is a book for lovers of Celtic art, design and calligraphy, and will both delight and captivate... A must-have for both the cognoscenti and enthusiasts of Celtic religious art."—Cambria
Author: New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Judy Balchin
Publisher: Search PressLtd
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781844484171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gives step-by-step instructions to the modern crafters seeking to create the ornate swirling motifs typical of Christian iconography and Insular art.
Author: Eva Wilson
Publisher: British museum Press
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780714180564
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →British Museum pattern books, fully researched anthologies of designs for use in arts and crafts.