Customer Reviews

The Green Man

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This books holds a reputation as one of the seminal publications in modern Green Man research, and rightly so. There is little copy in the book save a few pages in the beginning outlining the myth as understood at the time of publication, but where it speaks most loudly is in the photographs. Beautiful black and white pictures from all over Europe capture the broad variety of ways that the Green Man has been depicted through the centuries.

Green Man fans must own this book!

I recently saw green men, on a trip to England, and thought I would learn a little about them and possibly try my hand at chip carving. The Green Man, by Kathleen Basford, was consice, well written, gave history, and many picture plates of dated works. A treasure!

There are extremely few books about the history of the Green Man so that gives the book a three star rating right there. The photographs are many and of a good size to appreciate. Would wish for color. The text and text notes are quite thoughtful and informative. It was tedious and somewhat difficult, however, to cross-reference photos to information in the texts, particularly the text notes. Well worth the effort, though.