Richard Hayman: The Green Man | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780747807841 | The Green Man | Richard Hayman | Taschenbuch | Shire Library | 2010

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Green Men are faces sprouting foliage that are found in churches, abbeys and cathedrals. They were popular figures adorning church architecture and furnishings in the Middle Ages, and enjoyed a second wave of popularity in the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival. Once thought to be of pagan origin, Green Men were in fact part of the new repertoire of architectural ornament that appeared in Norman churches in the twelfth century, the earliest examples of which were copied from manuscript illustrations. Few of these Green Men are actually men: most are masks, demons or animals, sometimes explicitly associated with the devil. Richard Hayman discusses the origins and definitions of these fascinating and often grotesque carvings, and traces their history in medieval and later churches. He also includes a list of places across Britain where examples of Green Men can be found.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Shire Library
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780747807841
ISBN-10:	0747807841
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hayman, Richard
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shire Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen:	10 b/w; 70 col
Maße:	210 x 150 x 8 mm
Von/Mit:	Richard Hayman
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.06.2010
Gewicht:	0,135 kg