Emblematic Illumination; or Forms, Colours and Emblems

Emblematic Illumination; or Forms, Colours and Emblems - Suitable for Illuminating Texts of Holy Scripture in Large Style, in Oils or Water-colours.

The Editor of the following pages has no desire to offer them in competition with the numerous and useful Handbooks on Illumination already published. All those that the writer has met withsome eight or tenhave been almost exclusively directed to the study of Missal Painting and Illuminating on the most minute scale. The exceptions to this rule are a few occasional remarks, merely hinting at the larger and more popular style. The principal omission, however, which this little book is designed to supply, is the emblematic branch of the subject. Amateurs most generally confine themselves to illuminating texts of Holy Scripture on a large scale, to assist in which numerous printed outlines are now published. But, from complete ignorance of the rules of ecclesiastical colouring, the amateur not only becomes hopelessly bewildered as to what colour to select for particular words, but, in falling back upon his own taste for guidance, commits errors which destroy the emblematic beauty of his work. The significance of colour is greater than is generally supposed, and will be found a subject of much interest. Such sacred symbols as could easily be introduced into illuminated scrolls have been described, in the hope that, by their assistance, a taste for strictly appropriate ornamentation may be more largely cultivated, to the exclusion of those unmeaning and tawdry decorations which offend the eye. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 48553
Author: Redgrave, F. M. (Frances Margaret)
Release Date: Mar 22, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Redgrave, F. M. (Frances Margaret)