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Bernhardt E Muller

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Description:Excerpt from Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House A Hidden treasure lies within the silvery gray patina of lead for those who have the artistic sensibility to appreciate the beauty of its color, the delightful texture of its surface and the straightforward sincerity of its metal. Lead has a long tradition of artistic usefulness. It was held in high repute for over two thousand years until, as we are told, its association with the trade of plumbing finally brought it into some artistic disfavor in the nineteenth century. Lead was used from earliest times in the days of Egypt and Assyria, Mycenae and Tiryns. We hear of it in connection with the Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezzar and with Herodotus' account of the bridge of Queen Nitocris spanning the Euphrates at Babylon. The Romans used lead for many purposes. The Byzantines made of Constantinople a city of lead domes as the English made of London a city of lead spires at a later period. It is to England that we turn for the highest artistic expression of lead, for she has rightly been called "the classic land of lead and tin." In the twelfth century when artists worked for the joy of their work, there was a great flowering of decorative leadwork, especially of fonts. The charm of medieval architecture was greatly enhanced by its beautiful lead work. Ecclesiastical architecture was enriched by fleches, spires, finials. crockets, gargoyles and crosses of lead. Tudor builders, charmed by its beauty, made copious use of it for building purposes. Tudor palaces and manor houses were glorified by richly decorated gutters, downspouts, rainwater pipe-heads, crockets, cisterns, and garden sculpture of lead. Even the humble cottagers were not insensible to its artistic appeal, for we have surviving examples of gutters and rainwater pipe-heads which once adorned the simple peasant dwellings. Lead takes an important place in ornamental metal work not only because of its artistic traditions but even more so because of its inherent qualities. Its beauty, its capability of artistic manipulation, its ductility and durability recommend its employment. Lead does not rust like iron, but takes on a lovely silvery gray or whitish brown patina when exposed to the weather. The facility with which lead may be fused and worked permits many methods of treatment. Lead may be cast, beaten or rolled. In England lead was usually cast on a bed of coarse sand, while in France the "repousse" method by hammering was more frequently adopted. Being ductile, it is very easily beaten into shape over wooden or iron cores, and patterns thus formed on its surface. It lends itself to inscribing, carving, embossing, tinning and coloring. The peculiar fitness of lead for use in domestic architecture should be given careful consideration. To realize its possibilities to the fullest extent it must be used wisely. It must be used with a nice regard for the purpose of the object to be formed from it. In design and workmanship it must express architectural fitness. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House A Hidden treasure lies within the silvery gray patina of lead for those who have the artistic sensibility to appreciate the beauty of its color, the delightful texture of its surface and the straightforward sincerity of its metal. Lead has a long tradition of artistic usefulness. It was held in high repute for over two thousand years until, as we are told, its association with the trade of plumbing finally brought it into some artistic disfavor in the nineteenth century. Lead was used from earliest times in the days of Egypt and Assyria, Mycenae and Tiryns. We hear of it in connection with the Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezzar and with Herodotus' account of the bridge of Queen Nitocris spanning the Euphrates at Babylon. The Romans used lead for many purposes. The Byzantines made of Constantinople a city of lead domes as the English made of London a city of lead spires at a later period. It is to England that we turn for the highest artistic expression of lead, for she has rightly been called "the classic land of lead and tin." In the twelfth century when artists worked for the joy of their work, there was a great flowering of decorative leadwork, especially of fonts. The charm of medieval architecture was greatly enhanced by its beautiful lead work. Ecclesiastical architecture was enriched by fleches, spires, finials. crockets, gargoyles and crosses of lead. Tudor builders, charmed by its beauty, made copious use of it for building purposes. Tudor palaces and manor houses were glorified by richly decorated gutters, downspouts, rainwater pipe-heads, crockets, cisterns, and garden sculpture of lead. Even the humble cottagers were not insensible to its artistic appeal, for we have surviving examples of gutters and rainwater pipe-heads which once adorned the simple peasant dwellings. Lead takes an important place in ornamental metal work not only because of its artistic traditions but even more so because of its inherent qualities. Its beauty, its capability of artistic manipulation, its ductility and durability recommend its employment. Lead does not rust like iron, but takes on a lovely silvery gray or whitish brown patina when exposed to the weather. The facility with which lead may be fused and worked permits many methods of treatment. Lead may be cast, beaten or rolled. In England lead was usually cast on a bed of coarse sand, while in France the "repousse" method by hammering was more frequently adopted. Being ductile, it is very easily beaten into shape over wooden or iron cores, and patterns thus formed on its surface. It lends itself to inscribing, carving, embossing, tinning and coloring. The peculiar fitness of lead for use in domestic architecture should be given careful consideration. To realize its possibilities to the fullest extent it must be used wisely. It must be used with a nice regard for the purpose of the object to be formed from it. In design and workmanship it must express architectural fitness. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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