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The rose window : splendour and symbol / Painton Cowen
by Cowen, Painton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0500511748
- ISBN 13
- 9780500511749
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Thames & Hudson, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Dated, signed and inscribed by the author. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 276 pages : illustrations (colour), maps ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index. Contents; The rose window and the Gothic experience -- From darkness to light : the origins of the rose window -- The age of the rose : innovation in the thirteenth century -- Experiments in form : from Curvilinear to flamboyant -- Decline and revival : post-medieval roses -- Cycles of meaning : iconography and enlightenment -- The geometry of light : designing and building the rose window. Subjects; Rose windows. Glass painting and staining, Medieval. Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 Themes, motives. Cathedrals Designs and plans. Stained glass windows. Church decoration and ornament. Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410855
- Title
- The rose window : splendour and symbol / Painton Cowen
- Author
- Cowen, Painton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0500511748
- ISBN 13
- 9780500511749
- Publisher
- London : Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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