- Paperback: 60 pages
- Publisher: Constable; 1st Edition edition (29 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0094799407
- ISBN-13: 978-0094799400
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,521,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a book on Viking design, which has survived in the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, stone and bone carvings and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark and Sweden; as well as the western lands they colonized: Iceland, Northern Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland. The artist, Courtney Davis works within these ancient traditions to produce his own unique illustrations and designs, 100 of which are rendered in this book.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
QUITE DISAPPOINTING BROCHURE. LACK OF FOREWORD. NO CAPTIONS FOR PICTURES. CHOICE OF DESIGNS PRESENTED SEEMS TO BE PRETTY RANDOM.
SOME REPRODUCTIONS RATHER DISTORTED. GENERALLY MUCH LESS WORTH THAN A BOOK BY A.G.SMITH 'VIKING DESIGN'.
SOME REPRODUCTIONS RATHER DISTORTED. GENERALLY MUCH LESS WORTH THAN A BOOK BY A.G.SMITH 'VIKING DESIGN'.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Line drawings for craftsman or excellent for tattoo flash
8 Jan 2004
This 64-page book contains black and white line-drawings of motifs and designs from Viking art and artifacts. Many are enlarged versions of designs found in Wilson and Klint-Jensen's Viking Art (Wilson, David M. and Ole Klindt-Jensen. Viking Art. 2nd ed. London: George Allen & Unwin. 1980.), plus motifs usually shown only in artifact photos elsewhere. The major weakness of this book is the lack of any text identifying or discussing the various images presented - it's purely a collection of designs, ranging in period from the earliest part of the Viking Age through the start of the more medieval Romanesque style art of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. Contains a lot of knotwork and "gripping beast" type motifs.
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23 Jun 2011
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Has nice pictures to look at and I am thinking some would be fun to trace and embroider. Great for ideas.
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