Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 703 g
The Stained Glass of Charles Eamer Kempe and His Artists
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 703 g
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9464-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
A lavishly-illustrated exploration of the work of the Victorian church artist Charles Eamer Kempe and the team of artists he led and inspired.
Espying Heaven presents the first full-scale and full-colour survey of the achievement of Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907), the outstanding stained-glass designer of his era, and his Studio. From the start, Kempe gathered around him a close-knit team of artists and craftsmen who together developed his vision of a distinctive aesthetic setting for worship based on late medieval art, especially the stained glass of northern Europe. Espying Heaven illustrates the evolution of the 'Kempe style' and allows readers to judge for themselves the extent to which the later firm of C.E. Kempe & Co. (1907- 1934), set up by Kempe himself, succeeded in working within the tradition established by his founding artists.
This book is meant to be a companion to Adrian Barlow's biographical study, Kempe: the Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe (2018). In its own right, Espying Heaven both documents and celebrates a style of church art and decoration that has had a defining influence upon the Anglican Church worldwide. It highlights key features of Kempe glass, exploring questions of representation, symbolism and technique and suggesting new ways of 'reading' a Kempe window.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
Foreword and Acknowledgements
1. Kempe and the Kempe Studio
Charles Eamer Kempe
Alfred Edward Tombleson
Wyndham Hope Hughes
John Thomas Carter
John William Lisle
Walter Ernest Tower
2. Style and Techniques
Reading a Kempe Window
The Evolution of the Kempe Style
A Note on Silver Staining
3. Themes and Subjects
Angels
Allegorical and Symbolic Figures: The Virtues
Jesse Tree Windows
4. The Life of Christ
The Annunciation
The Nativity and Early Childhood of Christ
The Passion and Crucifixion
5. Gallery
St Michael and St George
Adam and Eve
King Solomon
Disciples and Apostles
Saints: St Stephen
Saints: St Catherine and St Margaret
6. Espying Heaven
Kempe and George Herbert
Kempe at Southwark Cathedral
Glossary
Index
