The Book of Kells Painting Book
Aidan Meehan
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These original studies of animal ornaments derived by Aidan Meehan from the world-famous Book of Kells will inspire artists to try out their own painting techniques and colour schemes.
Works of art in themselves, the large-scale drawings are developed from motifs found in the four main categories of animal patterns used throughout the Book of Kells - cats, birds, eels and little people - which are often difficult to make out or are incomplete. Where the original detail is too miniaturized to allow for conventional contour lines inside the animals’ bodies, the author has applied the conventions of large-scale treatments true to other designs in the Book of Kells. On each page the Book of Kells folio number for the original design is given so it can be related to the manuscript.
Each design is easy to paint and frame, making this book the ideal gift for artists and designers and anyone fascinated by the Celtic legacy.
Aidan Meehan is the author of the bestselling Celtic Design series, also published by Thames & Hudson.
Also of Interest:
The Book of Kells DVD-ROM |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500281467 | | ISBN-13 978-0500281468 | | | | 27.9 x 21.5 cm | | Paperback | | 64pp | | 56 illustrations | | First published 1999 | | | | £5.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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