Narrow your search

Library

KU Leuven (42)

ULB (22)

UCLouvain (17)

KBR (14)

ULiège (11)

UGent (10)

VUB (9)

UAntwerpen (8)

KMSKA (7)

LUCA School of Arts (6)

More...

Resource type

book (44)

digital (1)


Language

English (44)


Year
From To Submit

2020 (1)

2019 (4)

2018 (2)

2017 (1)

2015 (2)

More...
Listing 1 - 10 of 44 << page
of 5
>>
Sort by

Book
The cosmatesque mosaics of Westminster abbey
Author:
ISBN: 1789252377 1789252350 9781789252354 9781789252378 9781789252347 1789252342 Year: 2019 Publisher: Philadelphia, PA

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the 'Great Pavement' in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint's tomb and shrine; Henry III's tomb; the tomb of a royal child, and some other pieces. Surprisingly, the mosaics have never before received detailed recording and analysis, either individually or as an assemblage. These two volumes present a holistic study of this outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context. The shrine of St Edward is a remarkable survival, having been dismantled at the Dissolution and re-erected (incorrectly) in 1557 under Queen Mary. Large areas of missing mosaic were replaced with plaster on to which mosaic designs were carefully painted. This 16th-century fictive mosaic is unique in Britain. Conservation of the sanctuary pavement was accompanied by full archaeological recording with every piece of mosaic decoration drawn and coloured by David Neal, phase plans have been prepared, and stone-by-stone examination undertaken, petrologically identifying and recording the locations of all the materials present. It has revealed that both the pavements and tombs include a range of exotic stone types. The Cosmati study has shed fresh light on every aspect of the unique series of monuments in Westminster Abbey; this work will fill a major lacuna in our knowledge of 13th-century English art of the first rank, and will command international interest.

Weaving sacred stories : French choir tapestries and the performance of clerical identity
Author:
ISBN: 0801440084 9780801440083 Year: 2004 Publisher: Ithaca (N.Y.) : Cornell university press,


Book
The Romanesque frieze and its spectator : the Lincoln Symposium papers
Author:
ISBN: 1872501702 Year: 1992 Publisher: London New York Harvey Miller Publishers Oxford University Press


Book
The parish churches of medieval England
Author:
ISBN: 0436375540 0436375532 9780436375545 Year: 1981 Publisher: London Secker and Warburg


Book
The notion of liminality and the medieval sacred space
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9788021094536 8021094532 Year: 2019 Volume: 3 Publisher: Brno [Czech Republic] Masarykova Univerzita

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The thematic frame of this issue is the anthropological notion of liminality, applied both to physical as well as imaginary places of transition in medieval art. The volume is thus dedicated to the phenomenon of the limen, the threshold in medieval culture, understood mainly as a spatial, ritual and temporal category. The structure of the book follows the virtual path of any medieval visitor entering the sacred space. While doing so, the visitor encountered and eventually crossed several "liminal zones" that have been constructed around a series of physical and mental thresholds. In order to truly access the sacred - once again both physically and metaphorically - many transitional (micro)rituals were required and were therefore given particular attention within this volume. The volume was published as proceedings of the 'Liminality and Medieval Art II' conference, which was held in October 2018 at the Masaryk University in Brno. Authors were supposed to conceive their contributions in pairs in order to reflect on the selected topics with an interdisciplinary approach. In the end, the very same pattern was also maintained for the final publication.


Book
The art and science of the church screen in medieval Europe : making, meaning, preserving.
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 9781783271238 Year: 2017 Publisher: Woodbridge The Boydell Press


Book
Pious memories : the wall-mounted memorial in the Burgundian Netherlands
Author:
ISBN: 9004288341 9789004288348 9789004288324 9004288325 Year: 2015 Publisher: Leiden: Boston: Brill,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Wall-mounted memorials (or ‘epitaphs’) enjoyed great popularity across the Burgundian Netherlands. Usually installed in churches above graves, they combine images with inscriptions and take the form of sculpted reliefs, brass plaques, or panel paintings. They preserved the memory of the dead and reminded the living to pray for their souls. On occasions, renowned artists like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden were closely involved in memorials’ creation.In Pious Memories Douglas Brine examines the wall-mounted memorial as a distinct category of funerary monument and shows it to be a significant, if overlooked, aspect of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. The patronage, functions, and meanings of these objects are considered in the context of contemporary commemorative practices and the culture of memoria.

Listing 1 - 10 of 44 << page
of 5
>>
Sort by