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Flint Flushwork

Flint Flushwork

A Medieval Masonry Art

by Stephen Hart
Hardback
Publication Date: 17/05/2008

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A thorough survey of Flint Flushwork decoration, one of the finest artistic forms of the medieval craftsman.

Flint Flushwork is a wholly external decorative medium, where the skills of medieval craftsman blended with the iconography of the medieval church to create a unique new art form. It is an artistic achievement that is built into the very fabric of many hundreds of medieval churches. As such, many examples of Flushwork survive where more impermanent artworks have succumbed to the ravages of reformation and over-zealous restoration. Despite this, however, ithas not attracted the same depth of research and analysis as other aspects of church architecture.

This book provides a wide perspective on the several different modes of Flushwork that have been identified. By elucidating, and putting within their architectural and spiritual context, the various strands of the art, it aims to encourage a greater understanding and wider appreciation of this relatively uncharted branch of church art.
ISBN:
9781843833697
9781843833697
Category:
Religious buildings
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
17-05-2008
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
199
Dimensions (mm):
244x172x19mm
Weight:
0.66kg

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