The rose window : splendour and symbol / Painton Cowen
2005, First Edition. London : Thames & Hudson. 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. Item #410855
ISBN: 0500511748
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.
Price: €95.00