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A visually sensational study of the rose window both in its own right and as a central feature of Gothic architecture.
Painton Cowen has dedicated his life to the study of rose windows. Here he presents the world's best-known rose windows in over 300 new photographs and line drawings--Paris (Notre Dame), Chartres, Reims, Strasbourg, Cologne, Florence, Siena, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Maria del Mar, and New York's St. John the Divine, as well as many lesser-known, but no less astonishing, examples.
Every aspect of the rose window is covered, including its possible origins in the south of Europe, its flowering in thirteenth-century France, the diffusion of styles across Europe, and modern reinterpretations, as well as the powerful geometry behind the designs and the meanings specific to individual examples. Perennial favorites such as the windows at Chartres are dissected and discussed in detail.
This book provides unique insights into the development and organization of the rose window and its central position in Gothic architecture through a lucid, illuminating text and carefully selected comparative material that covers the wealth of Gothic creative activity. It also explores the greater meaning of the rose window through numerology, scholasticism, and the concept of heavenly order. 350 illustrations, 300 in color.
Painton Cowen has dedicated his life to the study of rose windows. Here he presents the world's best-known rose windows in over 300 new photographs and line drawings--Paris (Notre Dame), Chartres, Reims, Strasbourg, Cologne, Florence, Siena, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Maria del Mar, and New York's St. John the Divine, as well as many lesser-known, but no less astonishing, examples.
Every aspect of the rose window is covered, including its possible origins in the south of Europe, its flowering in thirteenth-century France, the diffusion of styles across Europe, and modern reinterpretations, as well as the powerful geometry behind the designs and the meanings specific to individual examples. Perennial favorites such as the windows at Chartres are dissected and discussed in detail.
This book provides unique insights into the development and organization of the rose window and its central position in Gothic architecture through a lucid, illuminating text and carefully selected comparative material that covers the wealth of Gothic creative activity. It also explores the greater meaning of the rose window through numerology, scholasticism, and the concept of heavenly order. 350 illustrations, 300 in color.
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Painton Cowen has spent the best part of his life photographing and studying stained glass and rose windows in particular. He has published a number of books on glass, including A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain and Six Days: The Making of the Chester Cathedral Creation Window, and often lectures on this and other subjects.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Painton Cowen's "The Rose Window" is a profound book that combines art history, mystical Christian thought, great beauty and sublime photographs. It is truly a work of art. It is a survey of rose windows: their origin, history, iconography, geometry and spiritual meaning. You will inevitably come away feeling uplifted and having made a significant discovery in your own inner life. I highly recommend the book in all ways.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Painton Cowen's "Rose Windows" is by far the most elegant, profound and beautiful study of rose windows throughout Europe. His writing goes beyond mere art history and into the magical, cultural and spiritual qualities the windows transmit to anyone who has visited the great cathedrals. Cowen's photographs are simply astonishing in their variety and originality. The colours leap off the page and into one's mind and heart to the extent that one can actually feel in the spell of these magnificent windows into the soul. I can recommend without reservation this terrific book. It is a must in any library for its beauty and brains.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Better than being there
14 Jan 2007
Format:Hardcover
If you are at all interested in rose windows, this is a must-have book. The photographs are simultaneously artistically moving and technically informative. The author includes historical photos of windows that would be impossible to see today, either because of damage, restoration, or restrictions on visits.
I have Painton Cowen's earlier (1970's) book on the same topic, and am delighted to have found this new book, in which he deeply explores the topics he touched on earlier. If I could have only one book about rose windows, this would be it.
I have Painton Cowen's earlier (1970's) book on the same topic, and am delighted to have found this new book, in which he deeply explores the topics he touched on earlier. If I could have only one book about rose windows, this would be it.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Beautlful and Profound Rose Windows
30 Nov 2005
Format:Hardcover
Painton Cowen's "The Rose Window" is a profound book that combines art history, mystical Christian thought, great beauty and sublime photographs. It is truly a work of art. It is a survey of rose windows: their origin, history, iconography, geometry and spiritual meaning. You will inevitably come away feeling uplifted and having made a significant discovery in your own inner life. I highly recommend the book in all ways.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
the early edition is good...this must be even better
13 May 2012
Format:Hardcover
I like the author's handling of the subject: he's very comprehensive. I wish he didn't focus so much on France's windows but spread it out with more of Europe. But you really get a sense of the Gothic age and what these churches meant to the people. You'll want to go out and watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
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