Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1168 g
Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1168 g
ISBN: 978-1-84383-368-0
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Wall paintings are a unique art form, complementing, and yet distinctly separate from, other religious imagery in churches. Unlike carvings, or stained glass windows, their support was the structure itself, with the artist's `canvas' the very stone and plaster of the church. They were also monumental, often larger than life-size images for public audiences. Notwithstanding their dissimilarity from other religious art, wall paintings were also an integral part of church interiors, enhancing devotional imagery and inspiring faith and commitment in their own right, and providing an artistic setting for the church's sacred rituals and public ceremonies.
This book brings together, often for the first time, many of the very best surviving examples of medieval church wall paintings. Using new technologies and many previously untried techniques, it allows us to visualize these images as the artists originally intended. The plates are accompanied by an authoritative and scholarly text, bringing the imagery and iconography of the medieval church vividly to life.
ROGER ROSEWELL was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. A former journalist, he is a Director of a private European art foundation and the news editor of the online stained glass magazine, VIDIMUS.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Christliche Kunst
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
- Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christliche Kunst und Kultur
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Frühchristliche, byzantinische Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
A History of Wall Paintings
The Subjects
Patrons and Painters
Making Wall Paintings
Meaning and Understanding
Reformation and Rescue
Gazetteer
Subject Guide
Select Bibliography