Rose windows / Painton Cowen
1979, 1st edition. London : Thames and Hudson. Signed and inscribed by the author. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #435667
Physical description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Series: Art and imagination. Contents: Light into darkness. A present from the past ; A symbol of truth ; Queen of cathedrals -- The making. From wheels to roses and to flames ; The rose in the cathedral ; The glass in the rose -- The meaning. Purification: wisdom (The universe: turning to one ; From time to eternity: wheel and rose ; A key to nature ; Numbers and geometry of creation) ; Illumination: knowledge (The star ; Jewelled light) ; Union: love (The enlightening rose ; The rose and the grail ; The kingdom of the Spirit) -- Divine geometry. Geometrical schemes ; Creation ; Roses for the Queen of Heaven ; Revelation. Subjects: Rose windows. Christian art and symbolism. Glass painting and staining, Medieval. Cathedrals.
Price: €25.00