Medieval architectural drawing : English craftsmen's methods and their later persistence (c.1200-1700) / Arnold Pacey.

Main entry:

Pacey, Arnold.

Title & Author:

Medieval architectural drawing : English craftsmen's methods and their later persistence (c.1200-1700) / Arnold Pacey.

Publication:

Stroud : Tempus, 2007.

Description:

256 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-253) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and measurements -- Stone-carvers : identities and drawings (masons and carvers, c1200-1360) -- Early architectural drawing (mason's drawings on walls and tracing floors to c.1360) -- Geometry in medieval drawing (drawings and wall paintings, c1200-1420) -- Carpenters's markings (carpenters and joiners, c1200-1400) -- Later medieval architectural drawings (masons' drawings for mouldings, sculpture and tracery, to 1550) -- House carpenters and church carvers (drawing and woodwork, c1450-1550) -- Circles and scale drawings (masons, carpenters and surveyors, 1520-1620) -- Setting out carpentry and drawing in red (carpenters's lines and circles, 1500-1700) -- The persistence of medieval drawing techniques (full-size drawings after 1660 -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

How monuments such as Wells Cathedral or York Minster were conceived and built will always excite wonder, but for the first time this book presents newly discovered clues based on some of the builders' drawings. It also offers a long view of craftsmen's drawing techniques over five centuries.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

9780752444048 (pbk.)
0752444042 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architectural drawing, Medieval Great Britain.
Architecture, Medieval Great Britain.
Dessin d'architecture médiéval Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture médiévale Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture and Planning.
Architectural drawing, Medieval
Architecture, Medieval
Architekturzeichnung
Arquitectura medieval Gran Bretanya.
Arquitectura medieval Disseny Gran Bretanya.
c 500 CE to c 1000 CE.
c 1000 CE to c 1500.
Drawing & drawings.
Architecture.
History.
Great Britain
England
York Minster.
York Minster. Carpenters
York Minster. Chapter House
York Minster. Masons
York Minster. Drawings
Masons' Loft. York Minster

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English craftsmen's methods and their later persistence (c.1200 - 1700)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268812
Call No.: BIB 200661
Status: Available

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