Gargoyles and Grotesques

Informationen zum Autor Alex Woodcock Klappentext 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. An illustrated study of the decorative gargoyles and grotesques that may be found on British churches Zusammenfassung "Gargoyles". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction /The Medieval Context /Patrons and Masons /The Imagery of Gargoyles and Grotesques /Gargoyles and the Gothic Revival /The Conservation of Gargoyles and Grotesques /Places to Visit /Further Reading /Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alex Woodcock, Woodcock Alex
• Edition: Bloomsbury
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 10.05.2011
• EAN: 9780747808312
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0831-2
• Pages: 64
• Thèmes: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Arts plastiques; ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ART / Sculpture & Installation, ARCHITECTURE / History / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Carvings, masks, reliefs