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Author:

Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-1996.

Title:

The language of forms : lectures on Insular manuscript art / Meyer Schapiro ; foreword by Charles E. Pierce, Jr. ; introduction by Jane E. Rosenthal.

Publisher:

Pierpont Morgan Library,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

vii, 199 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Great Britain.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Ireland.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Irish.
Geïllustreerde handschriften.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.

Contents:

Frame, field, and figure -- The carpet page and the giant initial -- Image and ornament -- Models and their transformation single figures and motifs -- Models and their transformation composition and field and frame -- The religious and secular grounds of insular art.

ISBN:

9780875981406 (alk. paper)
0875981402 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57286007

LCCN:

2004060195

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)