Medieval

ISBN: 9782503517117
Published by : Brepols
The extraordinary cloister of Santo Domingo de Silos is central to our understanding of medieval sculpture, and of Spains place in its development. Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo offers an innovative reading of the monasterys medieval sculpture and th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503531670
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studies in Gothic Art
Volume: 1
Table of Contents: Paul Binski, The Piscina in Saint-Urbain at Troyes and Château d'Amour - Robert Bork, Ars Sine Historia Nihi Est: How the story deficit doomed Gothic - Christoph Brachmann, Te bene dotavit ...: Heinri... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503531687
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studies in Gothic Art
Volume: 2
Table of Contents:
Jonathan Alexander, Homeless and Marginalised: a Leaf from the 'Ghistelles Hours' - Tim Ayers, Collegiate Identity and the Art of Lancastrian Reform: The Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford in the E... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848851894
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Unlike many guides to England's churches, Geoffrey Sharpe's offering focuses firmly on the construction process, from the original planning and preparation to the final construction and decoration. The layout and choice of materials, the constr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845118419
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book provides a concise, somewhat whimsical, guide to the various structures that might be encountered in the English countryside. Geoffrey Sharpe includes details on identifying building types such as t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754662464
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
As the principal building material in the Middle Ages and a prized medium for architectural sculpture, limestone played a significant role in medieval artistic manufacture. The papers collected in this volume present the depth and scope of rece... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409405818
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Chantries were pious foundations, through which donors, clerks or lay, male or female, endowed priests to celebrate intercessory masses for the benefit of their souls. At St Paul's Cathedral, they were first established in the late twelfth cent... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300110586
Published by : Yale University Press
"The English Castle" is a riveting architectural study that sets this legion of buildings in historical context, tracing their development from the Norman Conquest in 1066 through the civil wars of the 1640s. In this magnificent, compellingly ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300170498
Published by : Yale University Press
The first in-depth survey of Scotland's medieval church architecture for over a century covers buildings constructed between the early 12th century and the Reformation in 1560. From majestic cathedrals and abbeys to modest parish churches and c... .... Learn More