Yvain

Yvain

Author: Chretien de Troyes

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1987-09-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0300187580

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The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.


THE WOOING OF MALKATOON & COMMODUS (Illustrated)

THE WOOING OF MALKATOON & COMMODUS (Illustrated)

Author: Lew Wallace

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 8026868579

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This carefully crafted ebook: "THE WOOING OF MALKATOON & COMMODUS (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, politician, diplomat and author, best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." He wrote several historical novels and biographies of American generals. The Wooing of Malkatoon is a narrative poem about young Othman who explores secrets of love and women. Commodus: A Historical Play is a tragic play about the Roman Emperor Commodus and Maternus, soldier of a daring boldness, who collected bands of robbers into a little army in order to murder Commodus and to ascend the vacant throne.


Saving Churches

Saving Churches

Author: Matthew Saunders

Publisher:

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780711231542

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The Friends of Friendless Churches exist to save beautiful and historic places of worship from demolition or degradation. Founded in 1957 by the devout journalist and author Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, the Friends now own thirty-eight former places of worship, half in England, half in Wales, which they preserve, undertake repair on where necessary and make accessible as peaceful spaces to visitors and the local community. This book, with a Preface by Sir Simon Jenkins and a Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales, details all thirty eight buildings, with photographs that touchingly record these former churches and celebrate the work of the Friends. Included are a short history of the Friends of Friendless Churches, a glossary of terms, and information on visiting the churches.


Basil Spence

Basil Spence

Author: Sir Basil Spence

Publisher: Riba Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781859463093

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First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting

Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting

Author: Aidan Hart

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780852442159

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This is the most comprehensive book to date on the techniques of icon and wall painting. Illustrated with over 450 colour photos and 180 drawings, it will be a source of pleasure and inspiration for the general reader as well as for the practising icon painter. The book is more than just a technical manual; it sets artistic practice in the context of the Church's spirituality and liturgy, with chapters on the theology and history of the icon, the role and symbolism of the iconostasis, and the principles behind the positioning of wall paintings within churches. The wealth of information in this book makes it an indispensable reference text, not only for iconographers but also for any painter working in egg tempera, fresco or secco. All the necessary processes are covered, including the making gessoing of wooden panels, gilding, preparing pigments, lime plastering and fresco, the various techniques for painting in tempera, right through to photographing the finished artwork. -- from dust jacket.


The London Square

The London Square

Author: Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300152012

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"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art."


A Tour of the English Lakes

A Tour of the English Lakes

Author: John R. Murray

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780711232808

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In 1769 Thomas Gray (best known for his 'Elegy in a Country Chuchyard') made a tour of the English Lakes, and recorded it in a journal that is now widely accepted as the first example of modern travel writing. He delighted in what he saw and conveys vividly to us the lakes and the mountains through eighteenth-century eyes. A few years later the watercolourist Joseph Farington followed in Gray's footsteps and painted a series of key views along the way. These paintings, which were later engraved and published, are beautiful in the picturesque tradition, and, from a topographical point of view, are remarkably accurate, unlike the work of most artists of the time. John Murray has brought together for the first time Thomas Gray's journal, Joseph Farington's watercolours, and the engravings after the watercolours that sold widely at the time and were key to the popularising of the lakes. In addition he has photographed Farington's views as they appear today, and it is remarkable how many of them are so clearly and still easily recognisable today. Here is an unusual and original view of the Lake District, and one that has not been attempted before.


Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Author: Bennett H Wall

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781015031500

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