The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages (Classic Reprint)
The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages (Classic Reprint)

Author: Henry Shaw

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780282339234

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Excerpt from The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages The above remarks on works executed in metal, are equally applica ble to thofe in which wood was employed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color
Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color

Author: Henry Shaw

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-12

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0486141861

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More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.

Medieval Ornament
Medieval Ornament

Author: Karl Alexander von Heideloff

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-12-03

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0486155641

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The decorative arts of the Middle Ages — richly ornate, filled with religious and mythic symbolism — were especially remarkable for the complexities of their design and their inspired craftsmanship. This fascinating volume presents nearly 1,000 illustrations of medieval ornament, consisting mostly of architectural elements from German Romanesque and Gothic churches and other buildings. Originally compiled by the German architect, painter, and engraver Karl Alexander von Heldeloff (1788–1865) as a source of study and inspiration for practicing artists and architects, this grand pictorial archive has been exactingly reproduced from a rare original edition, complete with new English translations of the German captions. The book is filled with precisely detailed engravings of doors, windows, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, and more. It remains a richly varied resource of authentic images of medieval ornament, ideal for students of architecture and the decorative arts and essential for graphic artists and designers in search of royalty-free illustrations.

Art Du Moyen Âge Et Les Trésors de la Renaissance
Art Du Moyen Âge Et Les Trésors de la Renaissance

Author: Carl Becker

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783836520263

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From delicate jewelry to the most elaborate goblet, this book brings together gems of the applied arts from the Middle Ages right through to the Renaissance. The 216 hand-colored copperplate engravings offer the contemporary reader both a record and a sourcebook of all that can be achieved by the human hand and creative imagination.

Decorative Ironwork of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Decorative Ironwork of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Author: Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0486292606

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Artists, illustrators, architectural and art historians, restorers, dealers, collectors--anyone interested in historical ironwork--will welcome this magnificent treasury of decorative designs produced between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Over 400 illustrations on 86 plates, reprinted from a rare nineteenth-century French volume of copperplate engravings, reveal a remarkable variety of decorative and utilitarian objects. Focusing primarily on German Gothic ironwork designs that embellished palaces, cathedrals, castles, houses, and other structures, the plates depict hinges ornamented with mythical sea creatures and dragons, door knockers decorated with female figures and human heads, keyhole plates wreathed in foliage, chests reinforced with iron bands displaying elaborate artwork, intricately laced metalwork on screens and grilles, elaborately designed keys, finials, candle stands, and a host of other architectural and ornamental elements. Notes to the plates identify the objects and provide, when available, a source and date for each. A splendid record of the inspired decorative flourishes of the past, these beautifully detailed plates will also serve as a lavish source of inspiration for today's designers. Dover (1996) republication of the plates from "Serrurerie, ou les Ouvrages en Fer Forgedu Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance, " published by Librairie Tross, Paris, 1870.