 | The Green Man - Pitkin Guide
Britain is rich in medieval buildings, from great cathedrals to parish churches, and Green Men can be found lurking in many of them. The best places to look for them are on the roof bosses, the capitals at the top of columns, bench-ends and the hinged wooden seats known as Misericords.The Green Man in Norwich Cathedral is in the style called 'the foliate head' in which the shape of the face changes imperceptibly into leaves.
This Pitkin Guide looks at the different styles of Green Man to be found in Britain and lists where many outstanding examples can be found.
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 | Green Man - The Archetype of our Oneness with the Earth by William Anderson - Photography by Clive Hicks
William Anderson and photographer Clive Hicks, driven by a growing fascination, have tracked the mysterious Green Man through folklore, mythology, religion, art and architecture, from prehistory to the present. They found his traces all around them, and gradually uncovered the role he played in the development of the Gothic civilization of medieval Europe, in the Renaissance and in the rise of modern science.
Compass Books
Price: £14.99 |
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 | The Green Man - A Field Guide by Clive Hicks
"Our list may be the most extensive published to date, but there are certainly many, many green men not known to us. It is the fact that there is no remotely complete list that makes the green man search so interesting and so rewarding. It might be you that identifies a gem of a Green Man who has been gracing a church for centuries, unnoticed until your visit".
Clive Hicks
Compass Books
Price: £8.99 |
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 | Explore Green Men - by Mercia MacDermott
Explore Green Men is a detailed study of the history of this motif. Dr MacDermott's research follows the Green Man back from the earliest known examples into its hitherto unrecognised origins in India more than 2000 years ago.
The book is illustrated with 110 photographs and drawings, mostly of Green Men who have never before shown their faces in books, and will appeal to all with an interest in Green Men and to art historians looking for a reliable study of this fascinating decorative motif.
Price: £9.95 |
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 | A Little Book of the Green Man - Mike Harding
Hardback book with 68 pages showing Green Men from churches and cathedrals around the country. Lovely full colour photos and a description of where each can be seen.
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 | The Green Man In Britain - Fran & Geoff Doel
162 page softback book detailing the history of the Green Man and their relationship with the church. Also includes a gazetteer of where to find them in the UK, with black and white photos to illustrate.
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