Insular Art Forms: Their Essence and Construction
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Medieval, Art & Architecture, Architecture, History, Art History
| Author: | Robert Stevick | ISBN: | 9781386148890 |
| Publisher: | Witan Publishing | Publication: | January 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Stevick |
| ISBN: | 9781386148890 |
| Publisher: | Witan Publishing |
| Publication: | January 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Dr. Robert Stevick’s Insular Art Forms: Their Essence and Construction emerges as the most innovative work of his long and illustrious career. Building on years of research into medieval manuscript design and construction, Stevick has produced a masterpiece examining the ingenious ways in which insular scribes used geometry and mathematics to produce complex and beautiful designs. In addition to a detailed academic description of these processes, Stevick provides videos clearly illustrating the methods he describes, and materials for practical hands-on recreation of their methods. Insular Art Forms is the only guide that offers both a true scholarly study of these methods and the means for modern readers to reproduce them.
Dr. Robert Stevick’s Insular Art Forms: Their Essence and Construction emerges as the most innovative work of his long and illustrious career. Building on years of research into medieval manuscript design and construction, Stevick has produced a masterpiece examining the ingenious ways in which insular scribes used geometry and mathematics to produce complex and beautiful designs. In addition to a detailed academic description of these processes, Stevick provides videos clearly illustrating the methods he describes, and materials for practical hands-on recreation of their methods. Insular Art Forms is the only guide that offers both a true scholarly study of these methods and the means for modern readers to reproduce them.
