G. W. Eve
Published: 2015-07-04
Total Pages: 276
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Excerpt from Decorative Heraldry: A Practical Handbook of Its Artistic Treatment Heraldry as a system, has been copiously written about in a series of works extending from the fifteenth century, when Nicholas Upton wrote his treatise, until now; and the subject has therefore been well examined from the scientific point of view. From its artistic side, on the other hand, it appears not to have attracted that amount of attention which the interesting and decorative character of the subject might have been expected to secure. Except for short incidental references in general works on heraldry, and in papers read to certain learned and artistic societies, its decorative aspect has been treated as of comparatively minor importance. Many of those who have desired to practise the art have had to approach it anew by independent study, and to re-discover by patient research the examples of good work on which to base their own; an excellent method, but susceptible of simplification. It was with a view to assist in some measure the efforts that in so many directions are being devoted to the adequate presentation of heraldry that the present work was undertaken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
