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The Green Man by Kathleen Basford; Paul Hardwick is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Green Man about?
The Green Man, the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves, is probably the most common of all motifs in medieval sculpture. Nevertheless, the significance of the image lay largely unregarded until Kathleen Basford published this book - the first monograph of the Green Man in any language -and thereby earned the lasting gratitude of scholars in many fields, from art history and folklore to current environmental studies. This book has opened up new avenues of research, not
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- Author
- Kathleen Basford; Paul Hardwick
- Publisher
- D. S. Brewer
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780859910248
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Science, Art
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (21 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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