文档介绍：? 2011 –Jamie . Pience Opus Anglicanum Embroidery By Cerridwen verch Ioreword What is it? (Latin:"Englishwork"),embroidery done in England between about1100and about 1350 and of a standard unsurpassed that was shown by English workers in handling gold-.,silver giltthread-was unequaled. Gold was used inlarge expanses asbackground for figures that were embroideredin coloured characteristic of opus anglicanumwas the generalvivacity of expression and pose in the figure modeling of features-theuse of split stitches worked spirally,for example, to suggestrotundcheeks and black, observed birds and animals, clearly based on contemporaryanimaldrawings,figured largely in the decorative schemes. 1 History Embroidery has been utilized for hundreds of years. Starting in the late 12 thcentury the English becameknown for their work in embroidery using a method referred to as Opus Anglicanum. 2Opus Anglicanumwas revered for its use of colored silks worked in fine split stitches, and underside couching of gold threads. 3The use of split stitch was prized because the stitches were so fine that they allowed for shading and fine attention to detail in facial expressions of the people being depicted 4and worked spirally to give fullness and life to the figure. 5Contrasting colors were