Year: 1933
Place: London
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Printer: University Press by John Johnson, Oxford
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Pages: xvi+ XLVIII plates + 118p
Condition: VG
Cover condition: G
Binding: HC cloth with original DJ.
Illustrated: extensively illustrated.
- A study of naturalism in decorative art from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance.
- CONTENTS:
PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE ANCIENT WORLD:
1. NATURALISTIC DECORATION.
2. THE STONE AGE.
3. MINOAN CRETE.
4. GREECE.
5. ALEXANDRIA AND ROME.
6. EARLY CHRISTIAN NATURALISM.
II. MONASTERY AND CATHEDRAL:
1. THE BENEDICTINE REVIVAL.
2. GOTHIC LEAFAGE.
3. BIRDS AND BEASTS.
III. CITY AND CASTLE:
1. THICKET AND FOREST.
2. FARM AND SHEEPFOLD.
3. THE CASTLE GARDEN.
4. THE AVIARY.
5. THE INFLUENCE OF NATURALISM.
6. THE RENAISSANCE.
7. THE AGE OF VERSAILLES.
INDEX
