Author: David Esterly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Published to coincide with the first ever exhibition of the work of Grinling Gibbons, this study looks at Gibbons' work from the perspective of a fellow wood carver.
Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving
Author: David Esterly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Published to coincide with the first ever exhibition of the work of Grinling Gibbons, this study looks at Gibbons' work from the perspective of a fellow wood carver.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Published to coincide with the first ever exhibition of the work of Grinling Gibbons, this study looks at Gibbons' work from the perspective of a fellow wood carver.
Grinling Gibbons and the Golden Age of Woodcarving
Author: Ada De Wit
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782503584881
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grinling Gibbons, the most celebrated woodcarver of all times, developed an extraordinary style of realistic foliage carving in limewood. He was a man of his time, born in Rotterdam to English parents, trained in the Netherlands and, as many artists and craftsmen of his generation, moved to England, where he embarked on a spectacular career working on some of England's most iconic buildings. This book, the result of extensive new research, puts Gibbons in the Anglo-Dutch context of the second half of the seventeenth century, shedding new light on his origin, and that of his style, and the work of his contemporaries in the Netherlands and Britain. The book emphasises the importance of Rotterdam and The Hague in Anglo-Dutch relationships and as leading centres for woodcarving. It also elevates the role of wood-carved decoration - ubiquitous in the period and intended to reflect the social standing and ambitions of those who commissioned it, whether it was applied in their apartments, on war ships, carriages or in churches. Last but not least, this book contributes to studies of migrant artisans and exchanges between Britain and the Netherlands - the subjects as relevant in the seventeenth century as today.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782503584881
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grinling Gibbons, the most celebrated woodcarver of all times, developed an extraordinary style of realistic foliage carving in limewood. He was a man of his time, born in Rotterdam to English parents, trained in the Netherlands and, as many artists and craftsmen of his generation, moved to England, where he embarked on a spectacular career working on some of England's most iconic buildings. This book, the result of extensive new research, puts Gibbons in the Anglo-Dutch context of the second half of the seventeenth century, shedding new light on his origin, and that of his style, and the work of his contemporaries in the Netherlands and Britain. The book emphasises the importance of Rotterdam and The Hague in Anglo-Dutch relationships and as leading centres for woodcarving. It also elevates the role of wood-carved decoration - ubiquitous in the period and intended to reflect the social standing and ambitions of those who commissioned it, whether it was applied in their apartments, on war ships, carriages or in churches. Last but not least, this book contributes to studies of migrant artisans and exchanges between Britain and the Netherlands - the subjects as relevant in the seventeenth century as today.
Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of His Age (1648-1720)
Author: Henry Avray Tipping
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Leven en werk van de in Rotterdam geboren Engelse beeldhouwer (1648-1721) die in dienst was van de koningen Karel II en George I
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Leven en werk van de in Rotterdam geboren Engelse beeldhouwer (1648-1721) die in dienst was van de koningen Karel II en George I
The Work of Robert Adam
Author: Geoffrey Beard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Grinling Gibbons
Author: Peter Thuring
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999319205
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999319205
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Twenty Decorative Carving Projects in Period Styles
Author: Steve Bisco
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565235359
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Woodcarvers of all abilities will develop new skills, as well as gain an understanding of various carving styles as they evolved through history.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565235359
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Woodcarvers of all abilities will develop new skills, as well as gain an understanding of various carving styles as they evolved through history.
Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
Author: Paul N. Hasluck
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234892
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The early-twentieth-century profusely illustrated reference on the traditional craft details woods and essential tools used and covers carving techniques and designs for specific projects
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234892
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The early-twentieth-century profusely illustrated reference on the traditional craft details woods and essential tools used and covers carving techniques and designs for specific projects
A Manual of Wood Carving
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Luxury Goods from India
Author: Amin Jaffer
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The 50 pieces in this volume, dating from the 15th to the late 19th century, demonstrate all the diversity and skill of Indian craftsmanship"--Jacket.
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The 50 pieces in this volume, dating from the 15th to the late 19th century, demonstrate all the diversity and skill of Indian craftsmanship"--Jacket.
European Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Daniëlle O. Kisluk-Grosheide,
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300104847
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This beautifully produced volume is the first to survey the Metropolitan Museum's world-renowned collection of European furniture. One hundred and three superb examples from the Museum's vast holdings are featured. They originated in workshops in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, or Spain and date from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. A number of them belonged to such important historical figures as Pope Urban VIII, Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, and Napoleon. The selection includes chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, commodes, settees and sofas, bookcases and standing shelves, desks, fire screens, athéniennes, coffers, chests, mirrors and frames, showcases, and lighting equipment. There is also one purely decorative piece, a superb vase made for a Russian noble family who, according to one awestruck viewer, "owned all the malachite mines in the world." The makers of some of the objects are unknown, but most of the pieces can be identified by label, documentation, or style as the work of an outstanding European designer-craftsman, such as André-Charles Boulle, Thomas Chippendale, David Roentgen, or Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300104847
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This beautifully produced volume is the first to survey the Metropolitan Museum's world-renowned collection of European furniture. One hundred and three superb examples from the Museum's vast holdings are featured. They originated in workshops in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, or Spain and date from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. A number of them belonged to such important historical figures as Pope Urban VIII, Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, and Napoleon. The selection includes chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, commodes, settees and sofas, bookcases and standing shelves, desks, fire screens, athéniennes, coffers, chests, mirrors and frames, showcases, and lighting equipment. There is also one purely decorative piece, a superb vase made for a Russian noble family who, according to one awestruck viewer, "owned all the malachite mines in the world." The makers of some of the objects are unknown, but most of the pieces can be identified by label, documentation, or style as the work of an outstanding European designer-craftsman, such as André-Charles Boulle, Thomas Chippendale, David Roentgen, or Karl Friedrich Schinkel.