Patrick Reyntiens Catalogue of Stained Glass

Reyntiens, Patrick, Horner, Libby

ISBN 10: 1908326484 / ISBN 13: 9781908326485

Published by Sansom, Bristol, 2013

About this Item

29 x 21 cm 349 pp with numerous manly colour illustrations. Hbk. fine in dustwrapper.

Seller Inventory # 25192

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patrick Reyntiens Catalogue of Stained Glass
• Publisher: Sansom, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908326484
• ISBN 13: 9781908326485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • British art: monographs & catalogs

About this title

Synopsis

Vigorous, stimulating, humorous, contemplative, intellectual, imaginative, innovative, Patrick Reyntiens is still producing magnificent stained glass in his late eighties. Britain's foremost stained glass designer is especially known for his glass at Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral and his work at Coventry Cathedral in collaboration with John Piper.

This scholarly, beautifully illustrated book, designed and written by Libby Horner, catalogs not only all Reyntiens' ninety-eight commissions over the past 60 or so years (including the famous Piper/Reyntiens collaborations) but also over six hundred autonomous panels. The range of work, from traditional to abstract to figurative, and the range of subject matter from religious themes to Ovid's Metamorphoses to commedia dell'arte is truly inspiring and guaranteed to captivate even the most skeptical.

The book includes a preface by Sir Roy Strong, an introduction by Frances Spalding and an after word by the artist himself, a glossary of terms, notes on recurring themes and symbolism, a tabulated biography and an extensive bibliography.

About the Author

Dr. Libby Horner is an authority on the work of Patrick Reyntiens and has made films about his and John Piper's stained glass. Another major area of her research is the artist Frank Brangwyn with the author's book on his 1914-1918 war work due for publication by Sansom & Company in 2014. Dr Horner contributed to British Murals & Decorative Painting 1920-1960 which Sansom & Company published earlier this year.