Stained Glass in England During the Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780415033459 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 362 str.

Richard Marks;Richard Marks

Opis

Stained glass is arguably the most appealing of the achievements of the medieval craftsman, synthesizing monumental painting with the best of medieval architecture, but it is also the least-understood of the medieval arts. Drawing upon recent research in English medieval art-historical studies, English Medieval Stained Glass is a comprehensive survey of the art and business of producing stained glass windows, intended to both stimulate further research and to heighten awareness of the need to preserve this fragile art form. It considers stained glass in relation to architecture and other arts and, by examining contemporary documents, it throws valuable light on workshop organization, prices, patronage and iconography. Stained glass attracted outstanding craftsmen who were in the forefront of the main artistic innovations in English medieval art. Their significance is highlighted in this study which also makes use of the plentiful documentary material which throws light on workshop organization and practice, the role of patrons and the important contribution made by stained glass to our knowledge of medieval religions, beliefs and cults.

Recenzje

`... the author offers the first scholarly and comprehensive account of one of the leading medieval figurative arts, placing the medium firmly in its social, artistic and iconographic milieu. ... This is a feast of a book,' - Sarah Brown Ricardian X

`This is a magesterial work which ought to be very widely read.' - Burlington Magazine

'...we may conclude that this book will amply satisfy the need the author perceived for an "up-to-date survey of the subject" - Dr Malcolm Jones,Centre for English Cultural Tradition Sheffield University.

Spis treści

Part 1. Donors, Technique, Iconography, Domestic Glass 1. Donors and Patrons 2. The Technique of Medieval Glass-painting and the Organisation of Workshops 3. The Iconography of English Medieval Windows 4. Domestic Glass Part 2. Chronological Survey 5. The Earliest English Stained Glass c.670-1170 6. Stained Glass c.1170-1250 7. The Decorated Style c.1250-1350 8. The International Style c.1350-1450 9. The End of the Middle Ages 10. The Dominance of the Foreign Glaziers 11. The Reformation and After

O autorze

Richard Marks