Spirit of weathercock
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Book information
| Author : | Daniel Couturier |
| Publisher : | Cheminements (2006) |
| Binding : | Softcover (170 B/W and color pages) 9-½ inches x 12 inches |
| Language : | French |
| ISBN : | 978-2-84478-499-5 |
| EAN : | 9782844784995 |
Editorial Reviews
Spirit of weathercock, by D. Couturier, Ed. Cheminements, 9-½ inches x 12 inches ( 24 cm x 31 cm ), softcover book with 170 pages
This softcover book with 170 B/W and color illustrations retraces the history of weathercocks and weathervane through the ages, their manufacture, their iconography.
Contents:
- The adventure is in the sky
- Follow the wind direction
- A brief history of the weathercock
- Weathercocks
- Weathercock river
- Weathercock in heraldry
- Some unique weathercock
- When it comes to expertise
- Il cocorise ! Weathercock and advertising
- Weathercock and literature
- Weathercock and music
- America in the wind
- Weathercock and modernity
- The tradition found
The French texts are written by Daniel Couturier with a foreword by Jean Rochefort.
Description française
L'esprit de la girouette
Détails du livre
| Auteur : | Daniel Couturier |
| Éditeur : | Cheminements (2006) |
| Reliure : | Broché (170 pages N/B et couleurs) 24 cm x 31 cm ( 9-½ inches x 12 inches ) |
| Langue(s) : | Français |
| ISBN : | 978-2-84478-499-5 |
| EAN : | 9782844784995 |
Description
L'esprit de la girouette, de D. Couturier, Ed. Cheminements, 24 cm x 31 cm, broché avec 170 pages
Cet ouvrage de 170 pages avec illustrations en N/B et couleurs retrace l'histoire de la girouette à travers les âges, leur fabrication, leur iconographie.
Principaux chapitres de l'ouvrage :
- L'aventure est dans le ciel
- Suivons la direction du vent
- Petite histoire de la girouette
- Les coqs de clochers
- Girouette fluviale
- Girouette dans l'héraldique
- Quelques girouettes singulières
- Où il est question d'expertise
- Il cocorise ! Girouette et publicité
- Girouette et littérature
- Girouette et musique
- L'Amérique dans le vent
- Girouette et modernité
- La tradition retrouvée
Les textes en Français sont de Daniel Couturier avec une préface de Jean Rochefort.
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