Aidan Meehan

The Celtic Design Book

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to the art and design of the Celts that provides a comprehensive source of instruction and inspiration for artists, designers and craftspeople of all kinds.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 151mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 1048g
• ISBN-13: 9780500286746
• ISBN-10: 0500286744
• Artikelnr.: 22510185

Autorenporträt

Aidan Meehan has been researching and practising Celtic knot design since discovering the triple-grid method of Celtic knot design in 1974. He is the author of the eight-volume Celtic Design series and Celtic Alphabets, Celtic Borders, The Book of Kells Painting Book, The Lindisfarne Painting Book and Celtic Knots, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - A Beginner's Manual: Step Patterns - Key Patterns Early Celtic Spirals - Geometry of the Spiral - Irish Half Uncial Script How to Lay Out a Manuscript Page - How to Decorate Letters Knotwork: The Secret Method of the Scribes: The Three Grids King Solomon's Knot - The Foundation Knot - Extending Knots - and the Josephine Knot - Building a Panel - Analysis of Plaitwork - Plaitwork to Practise - Division of a Square - Plaitwork Panel from the Book of Durrow - Spiral Knots - Spiral Knot Borders Illuminated Letters: Celtic Illumination, the Early Development - Major Initials from the Golden Age of Celtic Art - Decorated Alphabet - Decorated Ampersands Animal Alphabet - Animal Ampersands - Angular Capitals