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Author Hull, Derek, author.

Title Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art : geometric aspects / Derek Hull.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCO    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index.
Contents 1: From Callanish to Maen Achwyfan -- Patterns in science and art -- The background story -- Origins and availability of early medieval art -- Recording and viewing early medieval art -- Understanding art and geometry -- 2: Panels and layout -- Importance of panels -- Laying out primary and secondary grids -- Geometric methods -- Matters of style -- 3: Panels and motifs -- Single panels -- Composite panel design: Lindisfarne gospels -- Composite panel design: Rosemarkie stone -- Composite panel design: Canon table St Petersburg Gospel book -- Initial letters: St Gall Gospel book and Book of Kells -- Composite panel design: Hunterston brooch -- 4: Rules and geometry -- A simple cross: Ulbster stone -- Symmetry and repetition: translation, rotation and reflection -- Key patterns -- Spiral patterns -- Interlacing patterns -- Zoomorphic and foliaceous or foliate patterns -- 5: Transparent complexity -- Rules and complexity -- Changes with scale -- Transparent complexity -- Embedded crosses -- 6: Interpretation and reconstruction -- Damage and deterioration -- Application of Allen and Anderson's approach to classification -- Reconstructing patterns on broken stones -- Zoomorphic interpretation and reconstruction: Nigg cross-slab -- Corroded manuscripts: Book of Durrow -- Fine-scale reproduction in manuscripts: Book of Kells -- 7: Distortions with time and breaking the rules -- Metamorphosis: interlacing and knots -- Metamorphosis: square key patterns -- Mixing motifs -- Viking innovations: Isle of Man and Cumbria -- Viking innovations: Maen Achwyfan -- 8: Art and geometry -- Construction methods revisited -- Outstanding challenges.
Note Description based on print version record.
Local Note EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete
Subject Art, Celtic.
Art, Anglo-Saxon.
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
Keltische kunst.
Geometrische motieven.
Buchmalerei.
Ornament.
Kunst.
Britische Inseln.
Art, Anglo-Saxon. (OCoLC)fst00815935
Art, Celtic. (OCoLC)fst00816089
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) (OCoLC)fst01094815
Visual Arts.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Visual Arts -- General.
Chronological Term Geschichte
Geschichte Anfänge-1066
Other Form: Print version: Hull, Derek. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003 085323549X (DLC) 2004444144 (OCoLC)52695754
ISBN 085323549X
9780853235491
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