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Carving styles (169 total)

carver?
mode?
<p>Mode of a template offers a quick way to sort by type, such as “B” would group. all those with birds.</p>
    	    <p>These are the Codes used in Modes</p> <p>2 foliage or tendrils that are separate, two-dimensional</p>  
            <p>3    foliage or tendrils that are crossing or emerging out of another</p> 
            <p>c    major part of the foliage placed in the centre of the capital</p> 
            <p>f    major foliage on the flanks, supporting the upper corner</p> 
            <p>r    rinceau designs, often emerging from the mouth</p> 
            <p>+    more than one row of elements</p>
            <p>#    repeatitive items place in rows and layers</p> 
            <p><>   foliage connects above the astragal, rather than rising from it.</p> 
            <p>oo   elements framed, mainly in rinceau designs.</p> 
            <p>B    birds or animals</p> 
            <p>cone the core form is dominant, decoration laid over it</p> 
            <p>e    enchancre, though seldom consistent on all capitals.</p> 
            <p>H    heads or people</p> 
            <p>geom geometric forms or lines</p> 
            <p>hang foliage hanging, at times from a head or crocket</p> 
            <p>Sp   spiral rinceau designs</p> 
            <p>T^   tips of leaves extended and pointing up, or Tv pointing down</p> 
            <p>tree tree-like forms</p> 
            <p>X    straps, either crossing or used instead of foliage.</p>
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Mode of a template offers a quick way to sort by type, such as “B” would group. all those with birds.

These are the Codes used in Modes

2 foliage or tendrils that are separate, two-dimensional

3 foliage or tendrils that are crossing or emerging out of another

c major part of the foliage placed in the centre of the capital

f major foliage on the flanks, supporting the upper corner

r rinceau designs, often emerging from the mouth

+ more than one row of elements

# repeatitive items place in rows and layers

<> foliage connects above the astragal, rather than rising from it.

oo elements framed, mainly in rinceau designs.

B birds or animals

cone the core form is dominant, decoration laid over it

e enchancre, though seldom consistent on all capitals.

H heads or people

geom geometric forms or lines

hang foliage hanging, at times from a head or crocket

Sp spiral rinceau designs

T^ tips of leaves extended and pointing up, or Tv pointing down

tree tree-like forms

X straps, either crossing or used instead of foliage.

confidence?
Abelard 2c+ Little
Adrien 2c+ High
Apple I r2f oo High
Apple II r2f oo High
Apple III r2f oo High
Apple IV r2c oo T^ Medium
Arum II 2f <> Little
Auguste 3X Tv Medium
Aviateur Bf High
AxHead H High
Banniere tree High
Banniere II tree Medium
Baptiste 2c+ Little
Belting r3f Medium
Birdman Bf+ High
Birdman-up Bc e High
Birdman-X B Little
Blunt 2c+ Little
Bouquet 3c+ High
Bowline r3f High
Boxer + geom Little
Bussiares Bf High
Butterfly leaf f High
Chrisomon geom High
Comet hang High
CometSon hang Medium
Complexitus r2c oo Little
Counter r3f HSp Little
Countess r2 H High
Coverall geom Little
Curly hang High
Curtains 2# + Little
Damien 2f <> Medium
Daniel 3c+ <> High
Denis 2f <> Medium
Dominique 2f <> High
Dowager r2c HSp Medium
Drago r2f H Medium
Droopy hang High
Duchess r2f H High
Duke r2f HSp High
DukeSon r2f H High
Earwig r2f H Medium
Embrun r2c H High
Entract cone High
Esteban Bx lines Little
Etienne 2f+ <> Little
Etouffant cone Little
Fabian r3f oo Medium
Fabrice 2c <> Little
Faceter cone High
Fanny 2# + Medium
Fathead H Little
Felix r3f HSp High
Fiesta hang High
Firedog H Little
Flopsie 2f Little
Florentin 2f + Little
Francois 3c+ Tv <> Medium
Fretter 2c <> High
Frothy 2#+ Medium
Gamma 3X <> High
Garp 3X Medium
Gaston 3c <> Little
Geometer geom Little
Gregoire r3c HSp High
Gripple r2f oo Little
Gripple II r2f oo Little
Gripple III r2f oo Little
GrippleSon r2f oo Little
Growl H High
Hanger 2# Tv Little
Hanger I 2# Tv Little
Hanger II 2# Tv Little
Headman cone # Medium
Headman-2 cone # Medium
Heron r3c oo High
Hooker r3f oo Little
Horace 3c <> Little
Hugues 2f <> Little
Igor the Mad 2f H Little
Isaie 2f+ <> Little
Jacques 2f+ <> Medium
Jalons 3f <> High
Jeremy tree High
Jerome tree High
Jumper 2c+ Little
Kraken 2f+ <> T^ Little
Lapwing 3f+ <> Little
Lapwing II 3f <> Little
Lattice 2# H Little
Layered 2#+ Little
Lazare 2f <> T^ Medium
Lissier 2f+ <> Little
Lobelia 3f Little
LongLeaf r2f Tv Little
Loopy 2f <> Little
Lunge 3f+ <> Little
Meander r3 High
Melinda r3 Medium
Metalico 2f+ <> Little
Nested Bc+ T> High
Norm geom Little
Oda H Little
Old Duke r2f H Little
Olive 2f <> Little
Olivier-C cone c Little
Olivier-T tree Little
Ouvert tree Little
Palmette 2#+ <> High
Palmier tree 2f+ <> Little
Palmier II tree 2f+ <> Little
Palmleaf 2#+ Little
Paneau r0 Little
Papillon r2f <> Little
Pascal 2f+ <> Little
Pecker Bc+ High
Pecker II Bc+ High
Peekaboo Bc High
Pietro 2f+ <> Little
Pointed 3f+ Little
Posie 2#+ tree Little
Rameau r3c H High
Rampant II H Little
Remplir geom Little
Remy 2f <> Medium
Rocket 2f+ <> Little
Roquette 2f+ <> Medium
Routier 2f+ <> Little
Sebastien 3f+ <> Little
Severin 2c+ <>. Tv Little
Siamois H 2c Little
Skirt 2# Little
Softly r3 H' High
Solo H Little
Spiral twist Little
Sprout 2#+ <> High
SS II r2 Little
SS III r2 oo Little
SS IV r2 oo Little
SS Master r2 oo Little
Stolide H Little
Strap-X X r Little
Strapper X <> Little
Strutter 2x tree High
The Eye 2f+ <> Little
The Italian H Little
The Ram H Little
Theodore r2c Sp X Little
Thibaut r3 H Little
Thierry r3 H Tv Little
Tongue 2c ++ Little
Tortue 3f Little
TreeMan tree Little
Triad 2x # Little
Tung-Long 2f+ Medium
Twingo 2c wave Little
Umbrella r2f+ <> Little
Urbain 2f+ <>; Medium
Vereaux Bc Medium
Vertical 2f <> Medium
Victoire 2f <> High
Victoire II 2f <> Little
Victoire III 2f+ <> Little
Willow H Little
Winger r2 Little
Yves tree 2f+ High
Zac 2 High
Zacherie 2f Little
GATHERING SIMILAR CARVINGS among 30,000 in this study is the first step in separating the work of individuals. It has been my lifelong intention to identify some of the men who created Gothic. This is a beginning, a work in progress.
Templates were the means by which a masters communicated with his masons, and I presume that carvers were no different. The template is therefore one key element to making attributions among carvers. Among master masons I would refer you to the 250 geometric studies in The Contractors of Chartres.

TYPICAL QUESTIONS might be: What else was going on in the towns where he worked? How long would it have taken to get to distant churches? As the carvers travelled, who did they meet at different sites, and how might this have influenced their carving? Where may men have met and spent time together and shared ideas? How long was a working life, and were their first works carved in adolescence? Are the dates clustered within a reasonable timeframe for an active life? Were carvers employed by one builder or were they independent and peripatetic? On a large job would all the carvers have turned up at the same time, or singly? Did they do other skilled work such as torus moulds or decorative framing, and can we identify them?

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Studies These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. 
    	    The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.
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These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.

Carver: Pietro, 24 capitals in 12 jobs. Active: 1103-1144. Filtered by Certainty !.Switch