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Product Identifiers
PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-100859914976
ISBN-139780859914970
eBay Product ID (ePID)304921
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGreen Man
SubjectFolklore & Mythology, History / Medieval, Europe / Great Britain / General, Subjects & Themes / Religious, Subjects & Themes / General, History / General
Publication Year1978
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Social Science, History
AuthorKathleen Basford, Paul Hardwick
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-050143
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsThe rarest, most recondite and fascinating art book, which is a folklore and magic book as well... An incredibly thorough study, with every example illustrated, of the weird foliate heads or masks found in the medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe, with leaves sprouting from them. THE TIMES, The rarest, most recondite and fascinating art book, which is a folklore and magic book as well... An incredibly thorough study, with every example illustrated, of the weird foliate heads or masks found in the medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe, with leaves sprouting from them.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal734
SynopsisDelightful, oft-reprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the first-ever monograph dedicated to the Green Man., The Green Man, the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves, is probably the most common of all motifs in medieval sculpture. Nevertheless, the significance of the image lay largely unregarded until Kathleen Basford published this book - the first monograph of the Green Man in any language -and thereby earned the lasting gratitude of scholars in many fields, from art history and folklore to current environmental studies. This book has opened up new avenues of research, not only into medieval man's understanding of nature, and into conceptions of death, rebirth and resurrection in the middle ages, but also into our concern today with ecology and our relationship with the green world. It is therefore a work of living scholarship and its publication in paperback will be greatly and justly welcomed., Delightful, oft-reprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the first-ever monograph dedicated to the Green Man. The Green Man, the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves, is probably the most common of all motifs in medieval sculpture. Nevertheless, the significance of the image lay largely unregarded until KathleenBasford published this book - the first monograph of the Green Man in any language -and thereby earned the lasting gratitude of scholars in many fields, from art history and folklore to current environmental studies. This book has opened up new avenues of research, not only into medieval man's understanding of nature, and into conceptions of death, rebirth and resurrection in the middle ages, but also into our concern today with ecology and our relationship with the green world. It is therefore a work of living scholarship and its publication in paperback will be greatly and justly welcomed.
LC Classification NumberNB1912.F64B37 1998
