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The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe

The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe

Making, Meaning, Preserving

Hardback
Publication Date: 21/04/2017

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Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages.

The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled during the Reformation. While these screens divided "lay" from "priestly" jurisdiction, it has also been argued that they served to unify architectural space. This volume brings together the latest scholarship on the subject, exploring in detail numerous aspects of the construction and painting of screens, it aims in particular to unite perspectives from science and art history. Examples are drawn from a wide geographical range, from Scandinavia to Italy.

Spike Bucklow is Director of Research at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge; Richard Marks is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of York and currently a member of the History of Art Department, University of Cambridge; Lucy Wrapson is Assistant to the Director at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge.

Contributors: Paul Binski, Spike Bucklow, Donal Cooper, David Griffith, Hugh Harrison, JacquelineJung, Justin Kroesen, Julian Luxford, Richard Marks, Ebbe Nyborg, Eddie Sinclair, Jeffrey West, Lucy Wrapson.

ISBN:
9781783271238
9781783271238
Category:
Miscellaneous items
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
21-04-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
248x176x24.34mm
Weight:
0.95kg

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