The Rose Window Tapa dura - 2005

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London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 12 3/4" x 10 3/8". 276 pages, 381 illustrations, 301 in colour. The first systematic study of the rose window. Gazetteer, bibliography..

Thames & Hudson, 2005-10-17. Hardcover. New.

Thames & Hudson, 2005-10-17. Hardcover. Like New.

Thames & Hudson, 2005. Book. New. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. New. 276 pages. Illustrated with black and white, and some color, photographs; maps. Contents include: 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. Brand new copy in publisher's shrink wrap. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

Thames & Hudson, 2005-10-17T00:00:01Z. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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… Leer más

London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 276 pp. Illustrated profusely, almost all in color. Painton Cowen has dedicated his life to the study of rose windows. Here he presents the world's best-known rose windows in over 300 new photographs and line drawings-Paris (Notre Dame), Chartres, Reims, Strasbourg, Cologne, Florence, Siena, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Maria del Mar, and New York's St. John the Divine, as well as many lesser-known, but no less astonishing, examples. Extremely interesting chapter on geometry. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..