Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction by George Bain (English) Paperback Book

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Celtic Art

by George Bain, Art Instruction

Describes and illustrates the construction principles used by the British and Irish schools of Celtic art.

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This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. The construction principles of Celtic art were re-discovered in the middle of the 20th century by George Bain. Until his writing, the intricate knots, interlacings, and spirals used in illuminating The Book of Kells and in decorating craftwork and jewelry seemed almost impossible, "the work of angels." In this pioneering work, George Bain shows how simple principles, no more difficult than those used in needlecraft, were used to create some of the finest artistic works ever seen. He also explains how you can use these principles in re-creating artifacts and in creating your own Celtic designs for art and craft work or even for recreational use. Step-by-step procedures carefully introduce the simple rules and methods of Celtic knot work and the well-known designs from the great manuscripts and stone work. Later chapters build up to complex knot work, spiral work, and key pattern designs, with special coverage of alphabets and the stylized use of animals, humans, and plants. Altogether over 225 different patterns are presented for your use, with hundreds of modification suggestions, 110 historical and modern artifacts showing designs in use, a great number of letters including six complete alphabets and 25 decorative initials, and a number of animal and human figures used in the original Celtic works. Artists, students, craftspeople, even children can work with these patterns and instructions for creating dynamic designs for use in leather work, in embroidery and other needle work, in metalwork, jewelry making, card design, borders, panels, illuminations, and in countless other ways. Mathematicians will find a great deal of pleasure in the geometric principles on which the patterns are based. Art historians and others interested in studying Celtic art will find a great number of outstanding art works and the best presentation in English for understanding Celtic design. 500 illustrations

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The construction principles of Celtic art were re-discovered in the middle of the 20th century by George Bain. Until his writing, the intricate knots, interlacings, and spirals used in illuminating The Book of Kells and in decorating craftwork and jewelry seemed almost impossible, "the work of angels." In this pioneering work, George Bain shows how simple principles, no more difficult than those used in needlecraft, were used to create some of the finest artistic works ever seen. He also explains how you can use these principles in re-creating artifacts and in creating your own Celtic designs for art and craft work or even for recreational use. Step-by-step procedures carefully introduce the simple rules and methods of Celtic knot work and the well-known designs from the great manuscripts and stone work. Later chapters build up to complex knot work, spiral work, and key pattern designs, with special coverage of alphabets and the stylized use of animals, humans, and plants. Altogether over 225 different patterns are presented for your use, with hundreds of modification suggestions, 110 historical and modern artifacts showing designs in use, a great number of letters including six complete alphabets and 25 decorative initials, and a number of animal and human figures used in the original Celtic works. Artists, students, craftspeople, even children can work with these patterns and instructions for creating dynamic designs for use in leather work, in embroidery and other needle work, in metalwork, jewelry making, card design, borders, panels, illuminations, and in countless other ways. Mathematicians will find a great deal of pleasure in the geometric principles on which the patterns are based. Art historians and others interested in studying Celtic art will find a great number of outstanding art works and the best presentation in English for understanding Celtic design.

Table of Contents

Frontispieces THE TARA BROOCH THE CRUCIFORM PAGE FROM THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS Preface Introduction Knotwork Borders Introduction A. Precursors of Celtic Interlacings B. The methods of construction 1. General principles for designing Celtic Knotwork 2. General principles of methods of construction 3. Simple Celtic interlacing borders 4. Celtic Knotwork borders 5. Applications to craftwork for simple interlacings 6. Border designs and their application to circles 7. Knotwork borders 8. Interlacing borders 9. Interlacing borders 10. Interlacing borders 11. Further border designs 12. Method of doubling interlacings 13. Method of mitring 14. Method of mitring C. Construction of ornaments, Monymusk Reliquary D. Construction of Viking ornament, Lewis Knowwork Panels E. Examples from Gospels of Lindisfarne and Book of Kells F. Comparison of similar designs at Salisbury and in Perthshire, Angus and Caithness G. Design on cross-slab at Ulbster, Caithness H. Panel from Book of Kells 1. Simple Knotwork Panels 2. Knotwork Panel in Pictish proportions 3. Variations from Plates 1 and 2 from Book of Kells 4. Example of continuity -- St. Madoes Stone 5. Further methods of constructing Knotwork Panels 6. Examples from Ulbster and Strathmartin Stones 7. Reptile Knotwork Panels, Shandwick Stone also panel from Lindisfarne, St. Vigeans, Dunfallandy, Eassie and McDurnan 8. Panels common to Lindisfarne, Ulbster, Collieburn and Glammis 9. Construction of Nigg Stone Panel 10. Example from a Book of Durrow border 11. Irish and Pictish Knotwork -- Durrow 12. Unit from Book of Durrow 13. Knotwork in circular panels. Shandwick Stone and Book of Kells 14. Circular panels -- Boko of Kells and Hilton of Cadbol Stone I. Construction orders -- Plate II, Book of Durrow J. Completed design -- Plate II, Book of Durrow K. Design from Page of Eight Circled Cross, Kells L. Interlacing in Rossie Priory Stone Spirals Introduction M. Aberlemno Stone -- use of Triskele in all-over repeats. Examples of travesties of this design made in the past 1. Methods of constructing spirals 2. Construction of spiral centres 3. Spirals and breaking into trumpets 4. Joining spirals -- Kells and Aberlemno examples 5. Spiral centers from ancient British and Pictish enamel work 6. Examples of spiral centres from M.S.S. and enamel work 7. Spiral groups -- Book of Durrow 8. Spirals -- Kells and Lindisfarne 9. Spiral Borders 10. Borders and Terminals from M.S.S. and Ornamented Stones 11. Spiral panel and Hilton of Cadboll Stone 12. Panel on Shandwick Stone 13. All-over spiral patterns -- M.S.S. and stones 14. Examples from Kells and Lindisfarne Key Patterns Introduction N. Key pattern on arm of Aberlemno Cross showing earlier travesties 1. The construction of Key patterns 2. Key pattern borders and mitring 3. Patterns from Rosemarkie Stone and Lindisfarne 4. Key pattern borders and panels 5. Treatment of Nigg Stone and comparison with Maya Keys 6. Nigg Stone Key panel and variations 7. Key patterns -- Nigg, Kells and Lindisfarne 8. Comparison of methods by Welsh and Pictish designers in Pembrokeshire and Ross-shire 9. Reconstruction of panel -- Collieburn Stone Kells border and terminal 10. Comparison of Aberlemno, Aberlady and Lindisfarne keys 11. Examples of the minute accuracy of Kells scribes. Comparison of Kells and Farr Stone Keys 12. Further work of Kells scribes. Comparison of Rosemarkie, St. Chads and Kells keys 13. Application of key patterns to panels 14. Comparison of designs from Mezin, Russia (b.c. 20,000--b.c. 15,000), Kells Lindisfarne and Farr Lettering Introduction 1. Kells script, quill formation 2. Celtic small and capital "A" from Books of Durrow, Kells and Lindisfarne 3. Letters B, C, and D 4. Letters E, F, G 5. Letters H, I, J, L 6. Letters M, N, O 7. Letters P, Q, R, 4th-6th century 8. Letters S, T 9. Letters U, V, W, X, Y, Z 10. Celtic alphabets of late 7th century and 4th-6th century 11. Ornamented Celtic capital letters 12. Ornamented capitals from Kells and Durrow 13. Ornamented capitals from Book of Kells 14. Symbols and contractions from Celtic M.S.S. and language problems from inscribed stones 15. Celtic type from an Irish book of 1711 Zoomorphics Introduction O. Detail from Plate XIX -- Kells Studio edition P. Designs with human figures Q. All-over drop repeat from Lindisfarne Gospels R. Construction of design on "Initium Evangeli" page of Kells S. Panel from Kells page of Eight circled Cross 1. Bird Motifs in Lindisfarne Interlacing Ornaments 2. Treatments of Birds, heads, top-knots, necks, bodies, wings, tails, legs and toes in Book of Kells. 3. Birds as ornament motifs. Kells 4. Bird ornaments, Kells and Tara Brooch 5. Birds as interlacing ornaments -- Kells, MacRegol and Meigle Stone 6. Reptiles as Interlacing ornaments -- Kells 7. Reptiles as Interlacing ornaments -- Kells 8. Dog-like Animals -- Kells 9. Animals as Interlacing Ornaments -- Kells 10. Semi-realistical and mythical Animals -- Scottish Stones and Kells 11. "Living Things of the Earth" -- Kells Christ Monogram Page 12. Interlacing Human Figures -- Clonmacnoise and Meigle Stones and Kells XPI Monogram Page 13. Figures in Ornament -- Clonmacnoise and Kells 14. Interlaced Human male figures -- Kells T. Knotwork adapted to irregular shapes -- Plate XI Letter T -- Kells U. Kells designs -- Plates I, III, XII, and XIV Plant Forms Introduction -- The Celtic Tree of Life V. Designs from Kells Plates II, IV, XIV, and XVII also Meigle and Monifieth Stones A1. "Tree of Life" designs -- Kells A2. "Tree of Life" symbol -- Kells, Cadboll, Nigg, Tarbet -- Compared with Buddhist, Byzantine and Greek sources A3. Comparison of "Potted Tree of Life" examples -- Kells, Cottonian M.S., Eassie and Farnell Stones and Maya Art A4. "Tree of Life" -- Kells and North of England A5. Examples from Book of Kells and South Scotland W. Plant Forms -- Kells Plates III, XIV and XIX Human Figures Introduction -- Semi-realistic Human Figures and probable Portraits from Books of Kells and Lindisfarne B1. Kells Portraits -- Infant Christ, The Virgin, St. Matthew, St. Luke, Angels B2. Types of Celtic Peoples of Britain and Ireland -- Kells, Lindisfarne and MacDurnan B3. Hands and Feet -- Kells, Lindisfarne and MacDurnan B4. Attitudes of Horses from Pictish Stones of East Scotland -- Edderton, Meigle, Migvie also Book of Kells Applications of Celtic Art Introduction 1. Design by Leonardo da Vinci, "Concatenation" 2. Design by Albrecht Durer, "Sechs Knoten" 3. Design by Michelangelo for Capitol quadrangle, Rome 4. Bronze champfrein from Torrs, Kirkcudbright 5. Irish Bone Carvings 6. The Trelan Bahow Mirror 7. Doorway, Flaa Church, Hallingdal 8. Wire work from Tara Brooch, Ardagh Chalice and Buckle from Sutton Hoo 9. Magazine Cover Design "Alba" 10. Design for Menu Card 11. Greeting Card, Lindisfarne Birds of Friendship 12. Celtic Greeting Card 13. Gaelic New Year Cards -- Kells initial "B" 14. "Horse-shoe" Greeting Card, Inverurie Stone 15. Reproduction of Celtic Hunting Carpet 16. Early British Enamel, Somerset 17. Early British Enamel, Canterbury 18. "Doorway" Design for New Year Greeting Card 19. Design for Greeting Card 20. Greeting Card adapted from Groudle Stone, Isle of Man 21. Greeting Card adapted from the Rossie Priory Stone 22. The Rossie Priory Stone 23. The Aberlemno Stone 24. The Hilton of Cadboll Stone 25. The Author sketching the Hunt at the Nigg Stone 26. The Rosemarkie Stone 27. The Battersea Shiels 28. Detail of design in King Henry VIII, portrait 29. King Henry VIII by School of Holbein the Younger 30. Zoomorphic Carpet design 31. Fireplace Panel 32. Contemporary design by girl aged 16 years 33. Embroidery designed and worked by schoolgirls 34. All over carpet design by the author 35. Group of articles made by the author and pupils 36. Further group of articles 37. Bronze Plaque 38. Bronze Plaque 39. Celtic Art in Knitwear, etc. Finis

Details ISBN0486229238 Author Art Instruction Pages 160 Language English ISBN-10 0486229238 ISBN-13 9780486229232 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1973 Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Subtitle The Methods of Construction Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Short Title CELTIC ART Series Dover Art Instruction Birth 1920 DOI 10.1604/9780486229232 AU Release Date 1973-06-01 NZ Release Date 1973-06-01 US Release Date 1973-06-01 UK Release Date 1973-06-01 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Publication Date 1973-06-01 DEWEY 745.44941 Illustrations 500 illustrations Audience General

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  • Publication Year: 1973
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  • Book Title: Celtic Art: the Methods of Construction
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  • Author: George Bain
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