Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters write by A. G. Smith. This book was released on 1998-01-01. Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dragons, winged dogs, demons, lions, griffins, a bull, unicorn, eagle, various other grotesques from The Book of Kells, medieval architecture, other sources. Detailed black-and-white illustrations of 45 mythical animals. Captions.
Gargoyles and Grotesques
Gargoyles and Grotesques - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gargoyles and Grotesques write by Alex Woodcock. This book was released on 2011-05-24. Gargoyles and Grotesques available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or creature high up on a building and this book is an exploration of all of these enchanting features. Written by an academic and stonecarver, it is the perfect introduction to this fascinating subject. Gargoyles aims to provide a concise introduction to the stone carvings often found on religious and secular buildings in Britain from the medieval period to the modern. It will explore the typical imagery, some of the theories put forward to explain them, as well as consider the carvings within their architectural and social contexts. Incorporating recent and current research, the book will nevertheless be accessible to the general reader.
The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame
The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame write by Michael Camille. This book was released on 2008-11-15. The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of these world-famous monsters, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame argues that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into a modern monument. Michael Camille begins his long-awaited study by recounting architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s ambitious restoration of the structure from 1843 to 1864, when the gargoyles were designed, sculpted by the little-known Victor Pyanet, and installed. These gargoyles, Camille contends, were not mere avatars of the Middle Ages, but rather fresh creations—symbolizing an imagined past—whose modernity lay precisely in their nostalgia. He goes on to map the critical reception and many-layered afterlives of these chimeras, notably in the works of such artists and writers as Charles Méryon, Victor Hugo, and photographer Henri Le Secq. Tracing their eventual evolution into icons of high kitsch, Camille ultimately locates the gargoyles’ place in the twentieth-century imagination, exploring interpretations by everyone from Winslow Homer to the Walt Disney Company. Lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred images of its monumental yet whimsical subjects, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame is a must-read for historians of art and architecture and anyone whose imagination has been sparked by the lovable monsters gazing out over Paris from one of the world’s most renowned vantage points.
FRENCH EDITION of Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters Coloring Book
FRENCH EDITION of Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters Coloring Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook FRENCH EDITION of Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters Coloring Book write by A. G. Smith. This book was released on 2013-07-17. FRENCH EDITION of Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters Coloring Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dés le début de l'histoire les artistes on dépeint les créatures bizarres et surnaturelles qui résident dans l'obscurité de notre imagination collective. Le Moyen âge fut un moment fort de cette pratique artistique. Ce remarquable livre à colorier vous invite à découvrir de monde mythique plein de monstres. Se cachant dans ce bestiare fabuleux sont quelques quarante-cinq images de créatures extraordinaries qui n'attendent que vos crayons de couleur pour être ranimées. Ce livre contient des images détaillées de dragons, chiens ailés, démons, lions, griffons, licornes, aigles, et d'autres bêtes variées. Parmi les sources de ces images merveilleusement rendues on trouve le livre de Kells, les ouvrages de Dürer, Léonard de Vinci, des artistes vikings et les cathédrals de Notre Dame de Paris et de Rouen et d'autres encore. Ce livre plein de merveilles est destiné aux amateurs de livres à colorier ainsi qu'à ceux qui adorent les monstres et bêtes mythiques.
Gargoyles
Gargoyles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gargoyles write by Jennifer Dussling. This book was released on 1999. Gargoyles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes different kinds of gargoyles, how they are created, and how they function as waterspouts.
