The Green Man (Paperback, New edition)

Delightful, oft-reprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the first-ever monograph dedicated to the Green Man. The Green Man, the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves, is probably the most common of all motifs in medieval sculpture. Nevertheless, the significance of the image lay largely unregarded until KathleenBasford published this book - the first monograph of the Green Man in any language -and thereby earned the lasting gratitude of scholars in many fields, from art history and folklore to current environmental studies. This book has opened up new avenues of research, not only into medieval man's understanding of nature, and into conceptions of death, rebirth and resurrection in the middle ages, but also into our concern today with ecology and our relationship with the green world. It is therefore a work of living scholarship and its publication in paperback will be greatly and justly welcomed.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1978
First published:	1978
Authors:	Kathleen Basford • Paul Hardwick
Dimensions:	276 x 216 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	128
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-85991-497-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology Promotions
LSN:	0-85991-497-6
Barcode:	9780859914970

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