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The Rose Window: Splendor and Symbol
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The Rose Window: Splendor and Symbol Hardcover - 2005

by Cowen, Painton

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London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 276 pp. Illustrated profusely, almost all in color. Painton Cowen has dedicated his life to the study of rose windows. Here he presents the world's best-known rose windows in over 300 new photographs and line drawings-Paris (Notre Dame), Chartres, Reims, Strasbourg, Cologne, Florence, Siena, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Maria del Mar, and New York's St. John the Divine, as well as many lesser-known, but no less astonishing, examples. Extremely interesting chapter on geometry. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..
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  • Title The Rose Window: Splendor and Symbol
  • Author Cowen, Painton
  • Illustrator Illustrated
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thames & Hudson, London
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 017534
  • ISBN 9780500511749 / 0500511748
  • Weight 5.21 lbs (2.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 13 x 10.6 x 1.2 in (33.02 x 26.92 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Church decoration and ornament, Rose windows
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004100249
  • Dewey Decimal Code 748.59

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.

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About the author

Painton Cowen is the author of a number of works on different aspects of stained glass.

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