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Celtic art : the methods of construction / lavishly illustrated with line drawings & photographics (by) George Bain.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dover books on lettering and the graphic artsNew York : Dover Publications, 1973Description: 159 pages ; illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0486229238
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK1264 .B3 1973
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction. -- Knotwork borders. -- Knotwork panels. -- Spirals. -- Key patterns. -- Lettering. Zoomorphics. -- Plant forms. -- Human figures. -- Applications of Celtic art
Abstract: 'the construction principles of Celtic art were re-discovered in the middle of this century by George Bain. Until his writing the intricate knots, interlacements and spirals used in illuminating The Book of Kells and in decorating craftwork and jewelry seemed almost impossible....'
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Reprint of the 1951 ed. published by W. MacLellan, Glasgow.

Introduction. -- Knotwork borders. -- Knotwork panels. -- Spirals. -- Key patterns. -- Lettering. Zoomorphics. -- Plant forms. -- Human figures. -- Applications of Celtic art

'the construction principles of Celtic art were re-discovered in the middle of this century by George Bain. Until his writing the intricate knots, interlacements and spirals used in illuminating The Book of Kells and in decorating craftwork and jewelry seemed almost impossible....'

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