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English Gothic Foliage Sculpture Samuel Gardner

English Gothic Foliage Sculpture By Samuel Gardner

English Gothic Foliage Sculpture by Samuel Gardner


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Summary

This 1927 book presents an accessible guide to Gothic foliage sculpture, aimed at visitors to ancient English churches. Exploring the development of a specifically English tradition in this area, the text begins with an exploration of pre-Conquest and Anglo-Saxon work before moving chronologically through the medieval period to the Tudor flower.

English Gothic Foliage Sculpture Summary

English Gothic Foliage Sculpture by Samuel Gardner

Originally published in 1927, this book presents an accessible guide to Gothic foliage sculpture, aimed at visitors to ancient English churches. Exploring the development of a specifically English tradition in this area, the text begins with an exploration of pre-Conquest and Anglo-Saxon work before moving chronologically through the medieval period to the Tudor flower. Numerous illustrative figures are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in church sculpture and the English Gothic tradition.

Table of Contents

Preface; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Primitives; 3. Romanesque or Norman; 4. Early English stiff-leaf; 5. Naturalistic; 6. Decorated; 7. Perpendicular; 8. Materials; 9. Conventional ornaments; Topographical index of plates.

Additional information

NLS9781107636118
9781107636118
1107636116
English Gothic Foliage Sculpture by Samuel Gardner
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2013-03-28
186
N/A
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