Gargoyles And Medieval Monsters
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Gargoyles And Medieval Monsters
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Author : A. G. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Gargoyles And Medieval Monsters written by A. G. Smith and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Dragons, winged dogs, demons, lions, griffins, a bull, unicorn, eagle, various other grotesques from The Book of Kells, medieval architecture, other sources. Detailed black-and-white illustrations of 45 mythical animals. Captions.
French Edition Of Gargoyles And Medieval Monsters Coloring Book
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Author : A. G. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-07-17
French Edition Of Gargoyles And Medieval Monsters Coloring Book written by A. G. Smith and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-17 with Architecture categories.
Dés le début de l'histoire les artistes on dépeint les créatures bizarres et surnaturelles qui résident dans l'obscurité de notre imagination collective. Le Moyen âge fut un moment fort de cette pratique artistique. Ce remarquable livre à colorier vous invite à découvrir de monde mythique plein de monstres. Se cachant dans ce bestiare fabuleux sont quelques quarante-cinq images de créatures extraordinaries qui n'attendent que vos crayons de couleur pour être ranimées. Ce livre contient des images détaillées de dragons, chiens ailés, démons, lions, griffons, licornes, aigles, et d'autres bêtes variées. Parmi les sources de ces images merveilleusement rendues on trouve le livre de Kells, les ouvrages de Dürer, Léonard de Vinci, des artistes vikings et les cathédrals de Notre Dame de Paris et de Rouen et d'autres encore. Ce livre plein de merveilles est destiné aux amateurs de livres à colorier ainsi qu'à ceux qui adorent les monstres et bêtes mythiques.
The Gargoyles Of Notre Dame
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Author : Michael Camille
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-11-15
The Gargoyles Of Notre Dame written by Michael Camille and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-15 with Architecture categories.
Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of these world-famous monsters, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame argues that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into a modern monument. Michael Camille begins his long-awaited study by recounting architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s ambitious restoration of the structure from 1843 to 1864, when the gargoyles were designed, sculpted by the little-known Victor Pyanet, and installed. These gargoyles, Camille contends, were not mere avatars of the Middle Ages, but rather fresh creations—symbolizing an imagined past—whose modernity lay precisely in their nostalgia. He goes on to map the critical reception and many-layered afterlives of these chimeras, notably in the works of such artists and writers as Charles Méryon, Victor Hugo, and photographer Henri Le Secq. Tracing their eventual evolution into icons of high kitsch, Camille ultimately locates the gargoyles’ place in the twentieth-century imagination, exploring interpretations by everyone from Winslow Homer to the Walt Disney Company. Lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred images of its monumental yet whimsical subjects, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame is a must-read for historians of art and architecture and anyone whose imagination has been sparked by the lovable monsters gazing out over Paris from one of the world’s most renowned vantage points.
Gargoyles
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Author : Jennifer Dussling
language : en
Publisher: Tarcher
Release Date : 1999
Gargoyles written by Jennifer Dussling and has been published by Tarcher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
Describes different kinds of gargoyles, how they are created, and how they function as waterspouts.
Gargoyles
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Author : Susan Pesznecker
language : en
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Release Date : 2007-01-22
Gargoyles written by Susan Pesznecker and has been published by Red Wheel/Weiser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-22 with Fiction categories.
Gargoyles takes you on a journey into a mysterious world, through bestiaries and traveling menageries, past grotesques and chimeras, through medieval cities and guilds and into huge stone buildings. Gargoyles are an embodiment of form and function—serving a clear architectural purpose but, also, symbolically important. Whether warding off evil, frightening away fear or showcasing human foibles, when a gargoyle was placed on a building, people noticed. The book delves into historic models of arcane craftsmanship and architecture, considering the reasons for gargoyles coming into being and hearing the legends of the gargoyle, both mythic and modern. It, also, covers the emergence of stone creatures into popular culture. For modern magick users, Gargoyles explores the role of the gargoyle in magickal practice, including gargoyle use in elemental correspondences, stone magick, protection, warding, egregores, talismans, animal associations, ritual and spell work.
Gargoyles And Grotesques
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Author : Alex Woodcock
language : en
Publisher: Shire Publications
Release Date : 2011-05-24
Gargoyles And Grotesques written by Alex Woodcock and has been published by Shire Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-24 with Art categories.
Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or creature high up on a building and this book is an exploration of all of these enchanting features. Written by an academic and stonecarver, it is the perfect introduction to this fascinating subject. Gargoyles aims to provide a concise introduction to the stone carvings often found on religious and secular buildings in Britain from the medieval period to the modern. It will explore the typical imagery, some of the theories put forward to explain them, as well as consider the carvings within their architectural and social contexts. Incorporating recent and current research, the book will nevertheless be accessible to the general reader.
Gargoyles
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Author : Hayley Mitchell Haugen
language : en
Publisher: KidHaven Publishing
Release Date : 2006-12
Gargoyles written by Hayley Mitchell Haugen and has been published by KidHaven Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12 with Gargoyles in art categories.
The grotesque figures known as gargoyles have fueled imaginations for generations, and this book will fuel your reader's imagination too. First designed to drain water away from rooftops, these architectural features were thought to repel evil spirits. As figures of myth and legend, gargoyle stories have traveled down through the centuries and live today in movies and animation, computer games, and even lawn ornaments.
Mythological And Fantastic Creatures
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Author : Dover
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Mythological And Fantastic Creatures written by Dover and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Design categories.
418 black-and-white illustrations range from prehistoric pictographs and medieval gargoyles to nightmarish visions — fish with human legs, birds with human faces, haunting masks from Africa, and a host of others.
Medieval Monsters
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Author : Damien Kempf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Medieval Monsters written by Damien Kempf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Christian art and symbolism categories.
From satyrs and sea creatures to griffins and dragons, monsters lay at the heart of the medieval world. Believed to dwell in exotic, remote areas, these inexplicable parts of God's creation aroused fear, curiosity, and wonder in equal measure. Powerfully captured in the illustrations of manuscripts, such as bestiaries, travel books, and devotional works, they continue to delight audiences today with their vitality and humor. Medieval Monsters shows how strange creatures sparked artists' imaginations to remarkable heights. Half-human hybrids of land and sea mingle with bewitching demons, blemmyae, cyclops, and multi-headed beasts of nightmare and comic grotesques. Over 100 wondrous and terrifying images offer a fascinating insight into the medieval mind.
Monsters And The Monstrous In Medieval Northwest Europe
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Author : Karin E. Olsen
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2001
Monsters And The Monstrous In Medieval Northwest Europe written by Karin E. Olsen and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
The essays in this book examine various manifestations of monstrosity in the early literatures of England, Ireland and Scandinavia. The dates of the texts discussed range from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries and were written either in Latin or in one of the vernaculars. The present contributions shed light on the physical, mental and metaphysical qualities that characterize medieval monsters in general. How do such creatures relate to accepted physical norms? How do their behaviours deviate from established cultural practices? How can their presence in both fictional and non-fictional texts be explained either in terms of a textual tradition or as a response to actual events? Such issues are examined from literary, philological, theological, and historical points of view in order to provide a thorough, multifaceted depiction of the sub- and supernatural monsters of medieval Northwest Europe.