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Loading... Bayeuxtapeten och slaget vid Hastings 1066 (original 1992; edition 1992)by Mogens Rud (Author), Lena Lundgren (Translator), Jan Svanberg (Fackgranskning), Christer Hellmark (Cover artist)
Work InformationThe Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings 1066 by Mogens Rud (1992)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Close up of fragment, both sides, page 16 This offers a fairly traditional view of the Bayeux tapestry and the events it depicts, with a lot of description and quotes from the main sources and not much analysis of those sources or of wider events. Where it excels though is in its full reproduction of the entire embroidery at one sixth scale, which makes it large enough to see detail, without the book being too large. no reviews | add a review
The Bayeux Tapestry is unique, not only by virtue of its age, but also because it is an artistic and cultural testimonial which gives a startling insight into people's lives in the late Viking Age. The 70-meter-long tapestry is illustrated here in its entirety. Each complete scene, with the text belonging to it, is reproduced on a double page of the book - exactly as the artist may have wished it in his time. The beautiful and often dramatic pictures are presented and explained by the Danish archaeologist Mogens Rud. The author provides background material on contemporary political and dynastic conflicts; he gives a vivid account of the living conditions of the Vikings, who are so realistically portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry's multicolored embroidery. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)746.3944The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Textile arts Tapestry History, geographic treatment, biography Europe FranceLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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